Hello there, you beautiful people! Happy Sunday! Get comfortable, grab a glass of something cool and refreshing, and enjoy the latest snippet from Learning to Love! 🙂
Continuing from where we left off…
Her feet carried her a few steps forward. Maybe she could hide out in the girls’ washroom for a while. Will and Berg could handle things in the gym. There’d only been two incidences thus far, and both were minor by Kendal High standards. A case of overexuberant dry-humping on the dance floor, and a rogue teen who’d snuck into the DJ’s booth to crank up the volume to an even more ear-splitting decibel. She’d used the latter as an excuse to get some air and let her fellow chaperones sort things out, but the night was far from over and she couldn’t hide away indefinitely.
The music swelled through the quiet hallway as the gym door opened again. She didn’t need to turn around to know it was Will.
“You okay?” he asked to her back.
Rebecca squeezed her eyes shut and counted to five before facing him.
Here’s the blurb:
Rebecca Ledgerwood is a physical education teacher who’s ready to invest some sweat equity into a lasting romance. On a whim, she has her palm read before summer vacation ends, and she’s told she’s an old soul who’ll find happiness with a younger man.
William Whitney leaves an unfulfilling career to pursue teaching and gets placed at Rebecca’s school for his physical education practicum. He’s desperate to make a difference, convinced that the choices he made in the past contributed to his younger sister’s death. Kendal High School is nothing like the prep school he attended as a teenager, but he’s determined to make the most of his time there, especially if it makes Rebecca notice him.
Though they come from vastly different backgrounds, there’s an undeniable chemistry that sparks between the two. They resist, as they must, until his practicum ends, but when he’s offered a teaching position at his former prep school, will he take the easy way out, or fight for what’s right in front of him?
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One more week till I’m on March break! I most likely won’t be posting whilst I’m away, visiting with friends and family, so this’ll be it from me for a couple weeks. I hope our time apart brings nothing but wonderful things for you, despite how much I’m sure you’ll miss me. 😉 Take care, brush your hair, and I’ll catch you on the flip side!
Award-winning romance author & PE teacher who plays sports, sings, juggles, dances, has a sneaker obsession, & lives on PB! 
Curious as to what she’ll say to him.
You’ll find out in a couple of weeks! 😀
Loved the two incidents at the dance–nostalgia from long ago high school. I wonder what this next exchange with Will will bring. They seem to be MFEO (made for each other)! Enjoy your break! I’ve been on mine this past week and have loved it! Tweeted!
Thank you so much, Jenna! Lol, they’re totally MFEO! I plan on enjoying every last moment of my break! 🙂
Very true to life as I remember my school days! Excellent excerpt and I really do like your hero.
Thanks, Veronica! Will’s got quite a fan club going. I hope you grow equally as fond of my heroine. 😉
Do things ever change? Apparently, not in high school. Good snippet.
Lol, that’s one thing we can always count on. Teenagers will be teenagers. 😉 Thanks, Diane!
Loved this, but I could have sworn we were more sly about our dance floor dry humping back in the day…
Well, I’m sure YOU were, Maggie. 😉 Thanks, baby!
Of course, he wants to check on her.
Of course. Such a good guy, that William. 🙂
Ah, youth. All we had ‘back in the day’ was slow dancing. No dry humping or twerking for us kids. I also like her reaction to … him. Count to five. Get a hold of your emotions and face him with a calm sense of B.S.
Hee! I just remember being the tallest girl at the dance and how all the boys carefully avoided me. Ahh, memories… 😀
Great insight into life in high school! Seems as much as things change, they remain the same. 🙂
Julie should have insight into life in high school — she’s a teacher!
Thank you, Dixie! And yes, what Ed said! 😀
Ooh, she’s got the Spidey sense already attuned to him. Might as well face it, Rebecca, there’s a reason you know who’s coming through the door!
Enjoy your break! It’s spring break here, too, but the library stays open. Still a nice break for us with shortened hours and definitely fewer students coming in with issues!
She’s got the Whitney sense! 😀
Enjoy your quasi-break! Shorter hours for the win! xo
Oh, their chemistry is at work, on high right now. Wonder what comes next?? I think her willpower is waning.
Have a fun spring break!