The Art of Upgrading a Book Boyfriend (The Uni Files) (4 page)

So she is. Maybe not now, but I know she
will write it down. When she does, I will be ready and waiting. Together we
will make her story sing, because that is the very least that it deserves.

Turns out this first instalment was a
birthday surprise. Well not so much a surprise, more of a get out of jail free
card, and I am glad I could help. You never know she may need another
get
of jail card for Valentine’s Day, and will write me
another section. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

My meeting has made me feel something
else. Something new. It’s a feeling that I am not used to. But for the first
time in a very long time I do not want to go home to a book.

Tonight I want to live something of my
own. I may not have a guitar playing rock god with cornflower blue eyes to
share it with me. But deep inside me I know who I want to spend tonight with.

The same person I may want to spend
tomorrow evening with as well.

For me it is the boy with the eyes like
midnight and the lazy smile that makes me want to do bad things, even if I am
too scared to do them. It’s the guy I thought about all weekend as I kicked
myself for not being brave enough.

I can be brave.

Me: How do you feel about Pepperoni?

The answer is back in a
nano
second

Tom Carter: Are we talking deep pan or
thin and crispy because that would be the deciding factor.

I grin to myself as I hesitate, what do
I think he would prefer?

Then I think, well what would I prefer?
What if it was me making a decision and not someone else. Not someone that I
was reading about. Not something based in a reality far removed from my own.
But me. Just me.

Me: Deep pan

Tom Carter: Meet you by the door in five
minutes

And just like that I do. I walk towards
him standing at the door and fling my arms around him, just like I have been
doing it every day. I can hear Suzy give a little gasp as I place my lips
against his.

When I finally pull away I glance at his
face and find him with his eyes closed, that sleepy smile on his mouth.

“So I was thinking Pepperoni pizza, and
then we could see where this goes.” My voice is low and doesn’t even sound like
it belongs to me.”

The lazy lip hitch turns up even higher.
“Now don’t expect IT favours every day.” The intense chocolate eyes warm me
from within.

“Who me?”

“Yes you, Zoe Benedict. Publisher
extraordinaire.”

I laugh and link my arm through his,
ready to head into whatever my future holds. And as I glance him over, and his
eyes find mine, I have a feeling that my time for reading may be seriously
incapacitated.

And for the first time, ever, that
thought does not scare me at all.

The End

About Anna Bloom

Anna
Bloom is a contemporary romance writer who likes to write about life and how it
actually happens. Whilst working on The
Uni
Files and
other projects she is a wife and mother, and also spends time working in a
local school where she reads books to the children whether they like it or not.

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for updates on the series and other projects.

The Art
of Letting Go: The
Uni
Files Year One is available to
download on Amazon now.

The
Saving of Benjamin Chambers and The Art of Forgiving; two short stories from
Ben’s POV are available to download on Amazon now.

The Art
of Keeping Faith: The
Uni
Files Year Two is releasing
April 9
^th
2014

Year
Three – Expected release date
Spring
2015