Art Geeks and Prom Queens by Alyson Noel

Author:Alyson Noel [Noel, Alyson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Published: 2011-08-22T01:08:09+00:00

Withm two hours most of the alcohol is gone, but there’s still plenty of food. Everyone’s just sort of scattered all over doing whatever, and some guy I’ve never seen before has plugged in his iPod, and all this really great music is blasting through the house.

I admit, after doing those two lines of coke I’m feeling pretty hyper and aware, and almost kind of powerful, and I’m just wandering around and around until I end up standing outside the little cabana next to our pool.

It’s pretty dim, but there are candles flickering inside so I can just make out the shapes of people moving around in there, and I’m cupping my hands against the glass to get a better view when someone comes up from behind and hugs me. I have no idea who it is, but the hug feels nice so I just close my eyes and let it unfold.

And then he says, “Happy birthday.”

And I think:

Oh, my god, Jas?

So I turn around and JC is standing there smiling. His light-brown hair is gelled perfectly in place, and his eyes look bloodshot and sleepy, but he’s still cute in the way most girls agree on. But I can’t hide my disappointment when I say, “Oh, it’s you.”

He’s all ego though, so he just laughs. “After you,” he says, opening the cabana door.

We go inside and there are these random couples everywhere, and JC grabs my hand, leads me to the couch, and pulls me down next to him. And when my eyes adjust to the dim light I realize those random couples are my friends.

Then he leans in really close, touches my face, and says, “You are so hot.”

And I wonder if he means I have a fever.

Then he kisses me.

And even though I don’t have much experience, and my head is feeling pretty messed-up, I’m still kind of disappointed that my first real kiss is turning out to be not so great. But I don’t stop him, because I’m seventeen now, and it’s about time I hooked up with someone.

So we’re making out and he’s way more into it than I am, because mostly I’m just wondering how far I’ll let him go. I mean, yeah, JC is cute and popular and all the girls like him, but still, this is nothing like I hoped it would be. And just as I’m thinking we should probably stop, he takes my hand and puts it right on his crotch.

“Oh, my god! What are you doing?” I say, moving my hand and backing away from him.

But he just laughs in that overconfident, lazy way and goes, “Relax, it’s no big deal.”

“It is to me,” I say, not caring how uptight I sound.

“Look around,” he whispers, sliding closer to me. “Everyone’s doing it.”

So I look around, and he’s right, everyone is doing it. But that doesn’t mean I have to. “Forget it,” I tell him, getting up to leave.

“Okay, okay It’s your call,” he says, lifting his hands in surrender and following me back into the house.

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