Devious by von Ziegesar Cecily

Author:von Ziegesar, Cecily [von Ziegesar, Cecily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Young Adult, Chick-Lit
ISBN: 9780316073943
Google: c59ePgAACAAJ
Amazon: 0316073946
Goodreads: 6425484
Publisher: Poppy
Published: 2009-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

15

A WAVERLY OWL KNOWS THAT SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING.

Brandon tossed the black rubber squash ball in the air. It was early Thursday afternoon, and he had just finished pulverizing Julian in a very one-sided match. Julian’s game had been terrible—normally the tall, gangly freshman was Brandon’s biggest challenge on the team. But today he’d been sluggish and distracted, barely making Brandon break a sweat.

“You suck today,” Brandon said as they stepped off the clean plastic box of a court. He picked up his Prince sports bag and tucked away his racquet. “My seventy-year-old grandma could have kicked your ass.”

“I know.” Julian lifted up his T-shirt to wipe the sweat off his forehead. His straw-colored hair was pulled back in a sloppy ponytail, and Brandon was dying to take a pair of scissors and snip it right off. Just because the kid was from Seattle didn’t mean he had to look like Kurt Cobain. “Tinsley broke up with me last night.”

Brandon dropped his bag. “No shit.” He eyed Julian, who had slumped down on the bench. Everyone had been impressed with the way this freshman kid had managed to handle Tinsley Carmichael, one of the hottest—and craziest—girls on campus. But when she was dating Julian, Tinsley actually managed to seem kind of, well, nice. “You all right?”

Julian nodded slowly, but his face had an unhealthy-looking paleness to it. “It just sucks. I don’t really know where it came from. Everything was awesome over break, and suddenly we come back here, and it’s like she doesn’t want to spend any time with me. She practically told me I was too boring.”

“Ouch.” Brandon sat down on the bench. “That’s even worse than being too nice, which is what I usually get.”

“What’s with that?” Julian asked, tossing his racquet back and forth between his hands. “Do they want us to be assholes?”

“I guess.” Brandon took a long sip from his water bottle, letting the cold liquid spill over his chin. “Maybe what girls really want is to be ignored. It gives them a challenge. Maybe Tinsley felt like it wasn’t as exciting once, you know, the race was over.”

“That’s fucked up.” Julian stared mournfully at the empty squash court.

“Well, girls are fucked up, dude.” Brandon gave him a manly pat on the back.

Julian forced a smile and snapped his towel at Brandon. “How about another game? I promise I’ll kick your ass this time.”

Brandon pulled his platinum Cartier watch from his bag and glanced at it. He didn’t even have time to shower. “Nah, I’ve got to run.” He was almost due for his daily iChat appointment with Hellie. It was the end of her day in Switzerland, and they liked to talk just before she fell asleep. She said it made for sweet dreams about him. “Some other time. Cheer up, man.”

Brandon left his peacoat open as he exited the squash complex, enjoying the feel of the cold, clean air against his sweaty chest. The sun was shining, the sky was a perfect blue, and the snow positively glittered in the light.

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