Degrees in Love by Tavi Wayne

Author:Tavi Wayne [Wayne, Tavi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9781951786069
Publisher: The Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The Sunday before Thanksgiving, Laney examined her reflection in her standing mirror. Not bad at all. She had spent more time than she cared searching for the right dress to wear to the gala, but she chose well. Anyway, Nette gave her stamp of approval. They had blessedly mended ways the week before.

“Don’t you just look like a Barbie? Perfect!” Nette’s face beamed in the mirror.

She turned to her friend, smirking. “Again, you test my feminist sensibilities. Well, one thing is for sure. I’m sticking ballet shoes into my clutch because I don’t think I’ll survive in these stilts all night.”

“I’m going to give you a sticker for just having the chutzpah to buy them and put them on. I’m seeing real growth in you, Laney.”

Laney rolled her eyes.

“We’d better get going soon, right? Starts at six thirty?”

Laney sucked in a breath. “Yes, that’s mingling time, which I could stand to miss. Nette, I really don’t want to go tonight. I’m still feeling weird about being in public with Tie, even though this isn’t a faculty function. We still haven’t addressed my issues head-on. Maybe if I weren’t seated at his table…”

Nette put her hands on her hips. “First of all, your concerns are ridiculous—we’ve already been through that. Secondly, if you really don’t want to sit by this hot man who’s clearly into you, then you’ll probably not have to worry. He’ll be up mingling or on the raised platform half the time.”

True. But she still wished it weren’t so soon after the faculty of color gathering. She still hadn’t quite shaken off her prickly qualms about whether they should even continue to see each other. Well, never mind. She’d committed herself to this event, and go she would.

She took a deep breath and looked at Nette, who was stunning in a satin blue dress that made her eyes and hair look sensational. “You’re right. At least about your second point. By the way, you really do look incredible tonight. Maybe you’ll meet someone. Like you always tell me, you never know.”

Nette looked away and Laney immediately regretting bringing up the subject. “Not at all interested. Let’s go.”

“Okay. We should probably take separate cars because I’m going to have to stay late to help with some of the cleanup.”

“No prob.” Nette jingled her keys as she walked toward the door.

They simultaneously pulled up to the parking lot, and Nette emerged from her car, smoothing her dress. She waited patiently at first while Laney went through the motions of double-checking the contents of her clutch, reapplying pink cherry lipstick, checking other features in the mirror, taking a tissue out to wipe her nose, checking her nails, which she took the time to get manicured, and—

Thump, thump, thump. Laney turned to see Nette knocking on her window. She read her lips. “Get out!”

Laney sighed and opened the car door. “Okay, okay.”

Nette gave Laney a quick squeeze. “You’re going to be fine.”

The decorations came out nicely. There were festive balloons, and the green was a gorgeous shade one wouldn’t expect to see in a balloon.

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