Title: Incomplete
Author: Lindy Zart
Expected Publication Date: September 6th
Blurb
There are three absolute truths in Grayson Lee’s life:
1. His existence was
a mistake.
2. No one is good enough for his best friend, Lily Jacobs,
especially not him.
3. He loves her anyway.
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Excerpt 1
“What are
we doing here?” Lily asks as I shut and lock the door behind us, laughing when
I wiggle my eyebrows at her. Her eyes narrow. “What deviant things do you have
planned?”
“What
deviant things do you want me to have
planned?” I flip a set of light switches and the bar is partially lit up.
She
shrugs. “You brought me to your favorite place. What do you intend to do with
me?”
“Don’t you
know by now?” I slowly make my way to her, my eyes trailing up the length of
her black shorts and purple tank top and fixating on her eyes.
“Know
what?” Lily swallows, fidgeting as I advance.
“You, Lily Jacobs, are my favorite
place.”
Lily starts
to reply as I grab her around the waist and spin her around, loving the sound
of the giggle she lets out, loving the way she feels in my arms, just loving
her. Around and around we go, until I’m dizzy, until I try to stop and stumble
instead. Lily squeals, clutching my arms when I sway on my feet. I stop us with
my back against the edge of the counter of the bar, each of us catching our
breath.
“Grayson,
we’re in a bar.”
“Yep.”
“What are
we doing here?”
I look
around said bar, my eyes lingering on the jukebox in the far corner of the
room. “We’re going to play music.”
“Music.
Got it.”
A grin
captures my mouth. “And we’re going to dance.”
Lily nods
her head. “Dancing. Check.”
“And maybe
even sing.”
“I am not singing, Grayson!”
“Aw, come
on. It’ll be fun. We can sing a duet, Sonny and Cher or something.”
Something
that sounds strangely like a curse is muttered by Lily and my grin deepens as I
start the jukebox. ‘Here’s To Never Growing Up’ by Avril Lavigne slams through
the room, causing Lily to jump.
“Did you
even ask your bosses if this was okay? Are we going to be arrested?” she
shouts, cupping her mouth with her hands.
An eye
roll is the only acknowledgement her words get. I walk into the open room used
for EY, stop in the middle of the room, and motion to her. “Come on. Don’t be
shy.”
Her arms
uncross and she does an eye roll especially for me, but Lily is smiling. She
sporadically shakes her hips as she makes her way to me, dipping backward at
one point and making my mouth go dry. She defied the laws of gravity with that
move. My girlfriend is awesome.
“Okay,
Grayson. You asked for it. Just remember that,” she says as she tugs the
ponytail holder from her hair and shakes out the black waves. Lily messes up
her hair, purses her lips, and starts jumping up and down in a circle,
completely shameless as she jams out to Avril. I watch her, mesmerized and
astounded, and so completely turned on it is embarrassing.
She grabs
my hands, pulling me along with her. We move together, ours hips bumping, our
fingers entwining and releasing, laughing as we give in to the pull of the
beat. ‘Cecilia’ by Simon and Garfunkel plays after that. I sing along, bouncing
to the music, Lily grinning widely as she dances with me. Endless minutes pass
with us in the throes of sound and being carefree. This moment, right now, is
one I will cherish for all time. Even as I am living it, I understand the
significance of this span of time. We are free, laughing, and in love.
Excerpt 2
Aidan hesitates,
hovering over my shoulder. “Grayson?”
“Yeah?”
“Why did
you and Lily break up?”
I shut the
laptop and get to my feet, causing Aidan to backpedal. Pain usually slashes
through me at the sound of her name and this time is no different.
Glasses
back on my face and straightened once, twice, three times, I finally meet my
brother’s eyes. “Because she wanted me to do something for myself, regardless
of what I wanted. She was unselfish.”
A frown
fits to his mouth. “Isn’t that a good thing?”
“Not when
the end result is my heart being ripped out, Aidan, no. I wanted her to be selfish, to want me more than anything. Only she
didn’t. She wanted to do the right thing.
You know what happens to people that do the right thing, Aidan?”
He stares
at me, not speaking, maybe not even understanding the semi-rant I’m on. “What?”
Aidan finally asks.
“They
aren’t happy. And the person they’re doing the right thing for…they aren’t
happy either.”
“So I
should do the wrong thing all the time?”
I toss my
hands in the air. “Why not?”
“Okay.”
Eyes
rolling, I sigh with exasperation. “Not okay.
Don’t listen to me. Ever. You should know that by now.”
“Okay.”
Aidan slowly nods.
About the Author
Lindy Zart has been writing since she was a child.
Luckily for readers, her writing has improved since then. She lives in
Wisconsin with her husband, two sons, and one cat. Lindy loves hearing from
people who enjoy her work.
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