Drive Me Crazy by Erin Downing

Author:Erin Downing
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2009-05-21T18:30:00+00:00

Kate brushed her teeth for the third time in half an hour, carefully stretching the bristles to reach the way back teeth. After she rinsed, she rolled her tongue in her mouth, checking for any residual Cheetos film. All clear.

She trotted back out to the living room and grabbed her jeans. The cool evening buzzing with abundant mosquitoes and sand flies made long pants a wise choice. Kate was pleased, since she’d always felt her legs had never looked quite right in shorts. She had one of those better-naked sorts of bodies. Long pants were okay, but there was something about the way shorts cut her thighs in two that just didn’t work. She’d tried the long shorts style, but then her calves looked stumpy.

Kate was okay with her body, but struggled to find the right way to outfit it. She’d always wanted to be a skirt person, but her family didn’t have the right income to support a multifaceted wardrobe for Kate and a skating career for Gina. Kate could wear the same jeans most days and no one noticed or cared. But she worried it would be pretty obvious if she started wearing the same decorative skirt every Tuesday and Thursday. So she just stuck with her basic style.

She spun around, studying her reflection in the big picture window at the front of the cabin. It was getting dark out, and the light inside caused the window to function more like a mirror. She knew that people rarely used the hidden path that ran past the cottage, so she didn’t worry that anyone would see her checking herself out. She pulled her tank top on over her head, tugged it into place, and then promptly pulled it back off again. Too bland for her Lucas reunion.

A rejected green T-shirt, brown wrap top, and black halter later, Kate was still only half-dressed. A knock at the door startled her out of her clothing-induced frenzy. “Alexis, thank god,” Kate declared when the door creaked open. (Kate had covered up with a dish towel.) “I can’t find anything to wear.”

Alexis brushed past Kate and started pawing through the mounds of shirts piled up on the floor. “Try this one,” Alexis demanded, pulling off her own light blue cotton polo. Kate pulled Alexis’s still-warm shirt over her own head. It was tight, but in the good way. “Yep.” Alexis nodded. “That’s the one.”

“Really, Lex? You’re sure?”

“Yup. I’ve been looking for a good excuse to steal your hot pink tank, and I think I just found it. Deal?”

“Deal. Did you see him out there when you passed the fire pit?”

“Who, Adam?” Alexis teased. Kate was annoyed at the joke. “Oh, Lucas? No, he’s not there yet. The boat isn’t at the dock, so they must still be out on the lake.”

“Oh, well, that’s okay.” Kate pretended to be upbeat, but inside she was frustrated that Lucas hadn’t been around all day to see her. He had known she was getting to Love today, and she had really hoped he would be waiting for her when she arrived.

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