Boys for Beginners by Lil Chase

Author:Lil Chase
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quercus Books PLC
Published: 2011-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Jenny and me are talking about Charlie, as usual, as we get ready for Julie Innis’s party.

‘Has Charlie been texting you?’

‘Yeah. A bit.’ He’s texted me a couple of times this week. I’m so happy. ‘And he always puts kisses on the end of the texts.’

This makes Jenny go really thoughtful, like she hadn’t expected it. ‘Do you think he likes you?’

‘I don’t know. I’m hoping something will happen at the party tonight. I am going to try your leaning trick.’

Jenny’s still thinking, and then suddenly she smiles and says, ‘What are you wearing?’

‘Well, I’ll definitely wear chicken fillets.’

Jenny laughs. ‘I meant what clothes! But thanks for sharing.’

‘Oh,’ I say, and go red. ‘Well, obviously I’ll be wearing that really nice blue top that—’

‘No. I think you should wear the yellow one.’

‘But Kimba said that I can’t pull off yellow. I don’t have the colouring and it makes me look washed up.’

‘But yellow is, like, your best colour! She’s trying to stop you wearing yellow because you look so good in it.’

I should have known Kimba was lying. She pretends to be nice to me, but I know she hates me. Luckily I brought it, just in case. So I get it out of my bag.

‘Oh, and btw,’ Jenny adds, ‘the phrase is washed out.’

Oops.

‘And when are you going to finally get your belly-button pierced?’ she asks.

The thing is, I don’t want to get my belly-button pierced. It will definitely hurt, and, well, I don’t want to hurt myself on purpose. ‘The thing is,’ I say as I pull the yellow top over my head, ‘my dad will definitely ground me if I get my belly-button pierced. And, well, I don’t want to get grounded or I might miss prom.’

‘Okaaaay. But just so you know, you might miss out on certain privileges if you stay only a bronze member of the club.’

‘Like what?’

‘I don’t know,’ she says. ‘We haven’t decided yet.’

She leaves me with that bizarre thought as we head out to meet up with Charlie.

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