Busted by Gina Ciocca

Author:Gina Ciocca
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00

22

After our conversation about the promposal ended, I walked toward my locker to find a commotion in one of the junior halls. Girls were clustered near a row of lockers, squee-ing and OMG-ing and being generally shrill and annoying.

“Who did it?” one of them squealed.

“It’s so pretty!” cooed another.

I craned my neck to see what they were talking about. At the center of the fuss stood Sara Mendez, grinning from ear to ear. Her locker door had been wrapped in shimmery, white wrapping paper and dotted with silky, red bows. White rose petals were scattered all over the floor, and inside the door, a single white rose had been taped up next to diagonal green and red letters that spelled out Winter Formal?

The crowd buzzed louder and grew larger with each passing second. A moment later, they let up a collective shriek as one of the girls gasped and pointed down the hall. There at the end stood Jordan, holding a white rose that matched the one in Sara’s locker and wearing a cocky, self-satisfied grin on his face.

“What do you say?” he asked Sara.

Only he could barely be heard over the screaming and clapping of what seemed like every junior girl in the school. You would’ve thought they’d discovered a freaking boy band concert in the middle of the hall. I actually had to cover my ears to protect my hearing, which was probably why TJ tapped me on the shoulder.

“What’s going on?” he yelled.

I pointed to Sara’s locker, knowing it was pointless to try and make myself heard.

She moved through the crowd, nodding her head, her hands covering her cheeks, though I didn’t know why. From where I stood, I didn’t see a trace of blushing. If she wasn’t relishing every bit of this attention, I’d eat my own foot.

When she reached Jordan, Sara nodded again and said yes. He wrapped his arms around her in a big bear hug. That’s when I noticed one of Jordan’s friends in the corner, recording the whole thing.

TJ leaned closer to my ear. “Guess Jordan couldn’t wait for Friday.”

I shook my head. Apparently, whatever the senior and junior guys had planned for Friday wasn’t good enough for Jordan. He’d had to find a way to top it, to beat them to the punch. I wasn’t surprised.

Sometimes he reminded me a lot of Kendall.

• • •

It took a little nudging to persuade Kendall that it didn’t matter if we were seen together now that she and TJ were broken up. She only agreed when I pointed out that TJ would be nowhere near Waterside, and it no longer mattered if anyone else recognized her while we were together.

Still, I’m sure she was as disappointed as I was surprised when the restaurant door opened, bringing with it a blast of cold air and a pink-cheeked Charlie. I scooted out of the red vinyl booth that Kendall and I were sharing while we waited for our pizza.

“Hey! What are you doing here?”

“What are you talking about?” She knitted her brow as she took off her gloves.

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