Eyeliner of the Gods by Katie MacAlister

Author:Katie MacAlister
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, young adult, teen, young adult romance, teen romance, teen humor
Publisher: Katie MacAlister

BOYS SUCK—SCIENTIFIC PROOF PROVIDED BY TEEN JOURNALIST

“There you are! I was looking for you.” Izumi glided toward me, carefully balancing a cup of punch beneath a small plate of cake. “Hello Seth. Your mother was asking where you were. She said she can’t open her presents until you were here. Jan, I brought you some cake. Where have you been?”

I handed Seth back his jacket as he mumbled something to Izumi before going over to where his mother was yoo-hooing and waving her hand at him.

“Thanks, but I probably shouldn’t. It’s not on my diet.”

“It’s a party,” Izumi said, shoving the cake and punch into my hands. “You can stop worrying about yourself for one night, can’t you?”

“I suppose so.”

She was about to go off and watch Kay open her pressies (the conservation team had chipped in and bought her a pretty reproduction antique Egyptian vase), but stopped to give me another one of her tipped-head once-overs. “You look different. How do you say…glowy.”

“Glowing?” I grinned.

“Yes, that’s it, glowing. You’re glowing. As if you have a very good secret. Why are you glowing?”

“Maybe I do have a very good secret.”

She grinned back at me and gave my arm a little squeeze before leaving. “I hope it’s a very bad good secret!”

I stood around and glowed for a bit before settling beside Connor to watch Kay do the present thing. I’d met him only the day before, but he seemed nice. “Hi, Connor.”

“Hi. I didn’t see you at lunch today. Were you sick or something?”

“Nope,” I said as everyone applauded the vase. Connor was a bit pitty smelling, but I figured he probably hadn’t had a chance to have a bath yet. Izumi said that water was rationed for the people at the camp, which made me appreciate being on the conservation team. I might have to work in the hottest part of the tomb, but at least I could take a bath each day. “I was fasting. Ramadan, you know.”

“Oh. I didn’t know you were going to do that.”

I made a face. “Yeah, well, it took me a couple of days to get used to the heat and stuff, but I think I’m OK now. How are you doing?”

“All right. It’s fun here, don’t you think?”

I smiled at Seth, who was edging his way toward one of the doors in the tent. Poor guy, I knew just how he felt. Kay made a big deal over him when we showed up, but it was clear from the worker’s faces when he walked over to stand by Cy that they weren’t at all happy about seeing him. “Yeah, fun.”

“The people are nice, too.” Connor looked across the tent to where a cluster of girls were standing. “What do you think of Chloe?”

“Chloe?” It was on the tip of my tongue to make a snotty comment about her addiction to lip gloss, but I was so happy, I decided to be nice. Besides, she wasn’t really bad, even if she did make the snarky comment about me having a water bottle in my pants.

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