Being Not Good: as opposed to being bad by Elizabeth Stevens

Author:Elizabeth Stevens [Stevens, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Humour, Contemporary, Satire, Romance, Young Adult, Romantic Comedy, Comedy
Publisher: Sleeping Dragon Books
Published: 2019-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

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I gave a cursory stretch as I jogged down the stairs later that afternoon and saw Ebony coming out of the kitchen with a bowl of cereal.

“What are you doing?” she snorted as she looked me over.

“Going for a run.”

She nodded knowingly. “Ah. Is it that time of the month where we pretend we’re a healthy specimen of humanity?” she asked as she shovelled a spoonful of Milo cereal into her mouth, showing me exactly what she thought of my plan.

“I’m not a completely…unhealthy specimen of humanity…” I said indignantly.

Ebony shrugged. “No. I s’pose not. Is this because of a boy?”

“No it’s not because of a boy. I just feel…twitchy.” As though it emphasised or proved my words, my feet decided on a stationary jog.

“Well I can’t tell you to give up the caffeine…” She looked me over like she’d be quite happy to point out every one of my flaws.

But I already had someone to do that for me. I didn’t need my little sister jumping on the bandwagon as well. And thinking of Davin reminded me of a good way to distract Ebony.

I frowned at her. “Don’t you have a book to read?”

Her frown somewhat brightened and I was reminded that she’d actually smiled at Davin the night before. “So I do,” she said as she made her way up the stairs passed me. “Thank your boyfriend for me.”

“What? No ridiculous commentary on the idiocy of my social experiment?” I teased her and she threw a wide grin back at me.

“Nah. I kinda like him.” She scoffed. “He’s so not your type. But somehow you two work…” She frowned in confusion, then shrugged and her and her cereal disappeared up the stairs.

I again rethought the whole my family liking Davin thing. Was my so-called teenage mistake not going to be a mistake after all?

I put my music on and headed out the door, starting out slow but then working my way up to a jog. As I felt my feet hit the pavement I relived the night before. It had gone surprisingly well considering I’d invited the school loner over for dinner with my parents.

Davin was the complete opposite of Miles. When Miles had met my parents he’d been full of warm smiles and nothing but compliments for the entirety of the night. He’d won them over with his effortless charm and both my parents had loved him from the moment he walked in the door.

Davin hadn’t had that effect on my parents at all. I’d watched Mum’s cautious interest through her excited exterior. I’d seen how unimpressed Dad had been when I’d walked into the room. But then Davin had opened his mouth and had won Dad over with more than just pretty words and an ability to say ‘sir’. Davin had won him over with intelligence and nothing but his less than enthusiastic self.

To hear Dad go on about him, you’d think Davin was the smartest person he’d ever met. Knowing Dad, it was just the contradiction of Davin’s outsides to Davin’s brain.

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