Breaking the Bro Code by Michaels Kai

Author:Michaels, Kai [Michaels, Kai]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-02-29T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter eleven

Without a date, the weekend felt like an eternity. I cleaned my room, finally got the storage boxes moved to the storage room, and read ahead in both English and History. It’s amazing how much you can get done when you have no social life.

When my alarm sounded Monday morning I was surprisingly refreshed and ready for the week.

“Good morning, sweetie,” Grandma said. She was up and making breakfast.

“Why are you up so early, Gram?”

“Couldn’t sleep, so I thought I’d be helpful. Can I make you an omelet?”

Dad was at the table with a partially eaten omelet on his plate. His eyes were wide and he was shaking his head, mouthing “No!” to me.

“Um, I think I’ll just have a bowl of cereal today, Gram. I’m not very hungry.” Dad gave me a thumbs-up, confirming that I had chosen well. Judging from the colorful ingredients in Dad’s omelet, he was right.

Just then Mom walked in. “Hi, Mother,” she said to Grandma. “How nice of you to make breakfast.”

“Your omelet is coming right up,” Grandma said. She looked pleased to feed the family. I’m not sure what all she put in the omelet, but from where I stood it looked like every leftover in the refrigerator, including a chopped up hotdog, some carrots, cheese, and some lettuce.

I ate my cereal, grabbed my backpack and left while Dad was still picking apart his breakfast.

“Bye,” I called from the front door.

Carver actually made it to math before we did for a change. I sat down next to him and flirted like crazy. He cautiously flirted back. Now and then, he glanced back at Logan just to make sure he wasn’t crossing the line. Logan was busy talking with Sarah who was sitting next to him. That’s the thing that bugged me most about the stupid code. Logan could claim me, keeping me off limits for anyone else, yet he’s allowed to keep his options open by flirting with other girls.

Mr. Walsh passed back our tests.

“Yes!” Carver said slightly under his breath.

“How did you do?” I asked.

He held his paper up, and pointed to the B+ on the top corner. “I owe it all to you.”

“Yes, you do,” I joked.

Carver looked at me like he wanted to say something else but couldn’t. I knew what it was. He wanted me, I could tell. That’s just how I wanted him to feel.

I flirted and joked with him throughout the rest of class. When the bell rang he followed me out. He waited for Logan to turn the corner and then he caught up to me.

“Hey, Maddie, wait up.”

I turned and waited for him.

“Maddie, I just wanted to say that . . . well, if things don’t work out with Logan. I mean if he decides that . . . ”

“What are you saying?” I asked. “I don’t have a thing with Logan.”

“I’m just saying that if, you know, things change, I’d like to make good on my payment for tutoring.”

I acted like I didn’t care one way or another.

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