A Date with Fate by Cathy Cole

Author:Cathy Cole
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Published: 2014-04-14T04:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

The strangest feelings coursed through Eve as she felt Caitlin’s lips moving against hers. Instinctively she opened her mouth, and felt a little electric shock at the feeling of Caitlin’s tongue.

She broke away, dimly aware of cheering.

“I can’t believe you just did that, Eve,” Rhi gasped, giggling madly.

“She loved every second, look at her,” Lila joked. “I’ve never seen you blush before, Eve.”

Eve was feeling breathless. Confused. She couldn’t look at Caitlin. “If that’s the hardest dare you can think of, you’re losing your touch, Lila,” she said, trying to make light of it.

She could feel Caitlin looking at her. Don’t look back, she thought. She was scared of what she might see.

A loud hammering on the door made everyone jump out of their skins.

“Strippergram,” shouted a familiar voice.

Rhi covered her face. “It’s Max!” she gasped.

“And it sounds like he’s brought half of 10Y with him,” sighed Lila at the sound of laughter on the other side of the door.

“How did they know we were here?” asked Polly.

“I got their details from the list for the party and invited them,” Caitlin said, getting up. “I hope it’s not a problem? The best parties have a mix of girls and boys, in my experience.”

Eve took the opportunity to move to the far side of the room. She wanted to put as much distance between herself and Caitlin as possible. What had just happened?

It was just a game, she told herself. Don’t think too hard about it.

“About time you lot opened up,” said Max, striding into the room with Ollie, Ryan and Josh. He looked around admiringly. “Nice place. Can we stay too?”

Lila and Ollie looked warily at each other. Ollie made his best puppy-dog eyes, and Lila laughed reluctantly. “OK,” she said, rolling her eyes. “Since you’re here you might as well stay. But no funny business.”

“Not even with me?” smirked Ryan.

Lila ignored him, tugging on Josh’s arm to bring him further into the room. Eve winced on Ryan’s behalf. His attempts at flirting with Lila always fell flat.

“Do you want to talk?”

Caitlin had somehow sneaked up on Eve and was now standing beside her, hands in her pockets and head cocked to the side.

“What about?” said Eve, sidling away. “There’s nothing to talk about.”

Caitlin’s brown eyes were serious. “Sure?”

Eve’s laughter sounded brittle to her own ears. “This is a party,” she said awkwardly. “We have guests to see to. Right! Who wants lemonade?”

She threw herself into a whirlwind of what she was best at: looking after party guests. Soon everyone had a glass in their hand, sandwiches had been ordered on room service and Max was squirting Ollie with some scented hand lotion he’d found in the bathroom. Ryan hung around the edges in his usual way, slouching on and off the balcony and sighing.

Somehow amid the laughter and sandwiches, Caitlin had slipped away. Eve sank into the comfortable chair at one end of the room and rubbed her eyes. She didn’t want to think about the kiss, but she couldn’t help it.

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