Fire with Fire by Jenny Han

Author:Jenny Han [Han, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-07-30T18:30:00+00:00

“Cool, cool.” Reeve drums his fingers on my steering wheel. “So did Lindy finally man up and make his move?”

My eyes go wide. Did Alex make a move on me? I mean, we did kind of hold hands. But it’s not like that’s a move move. I’m not going to tell Reeve that, though. Better he thinks Alex did. “Why? Are you jealous?”

Reeve makes a “pfft” sound and looks out the window. “Is Lind jealous of our pool time?” he counters.

I force a swallow. “He doesn’t know about it.” I want to tell Reeve, Please don’t say anything, but I can’t do that. Instead I think fast and say, “Does Rennie?” even though I’m sure of his answer. Because if Rennie even had a clue about us, I’d definitely know.

Reeve scrunches up his forehead. “Nah. I haven’t mentioned it.”

“Okay.”

“Okay.”

So neither of us has told anyone. Rennie and Alex don’t know. But I’m dreading the moment they do. Because this is happening. The train is on the tracks, and it’s speeding up.

Reeve takes his hands off the steering wheel and lets them fall to his lap, where he fidgets for a moment. Then he looks at me, and I can tell he’s about to say something. Or do something.

I panic.

I whip out my cell, pound out a fake text, and tell him, “I should get home. Maybe I’ll see you this weekend?”

He bites the inside of his cheek and says, “Sure. See you, Cho.”

On Saturday, on my way out of Milky Morning, I run into PJ. “Hey, stranger!” I say, as he holds the door open for me. He holds his hand up for a high five and says, “See you tonight, Lil.”

I hand him my box of muffins to hold while I zip up my puffer. “What’s happening tonight?”

“Ren scored a ton of free booze. We’re going to meet up in the woods by her house. She didn’t tell you?”

“No,” I say. “She didn’t.” Neither did Ash. At Rennie’s command, I’m sure. If that’s how Ren wants to play it, so be it. Two can play at that game.

“What time are you guys meeting up?” I ask him.

“Nine.”

“It’s so cold, though,” I say. “We’ll freeze out there.”

“The booze will keep us warm. Besides, where else are we gonna go?”

Lucky me, my mom and Nadia are off island at a horse show. They won’t be back until tomorrow afternoon. My mom wanted me to stay at Rennie’s or ask Carlota to stay over, which I told her was ridiculous—I’m seventeen, and in less than a year I’ll be away at college. I’m old enough to stay by myself for a night. “Besides,” I said, “don’t you trust me?” My mom caved at that. “Of course I do,” she said.

I text Alex first.

It’s so cold out. Wanna come over and watch a movie tonight?

9? Bring Derek!

He writes back immediately.

Sounds good! Next is Ash. I know that if I dangle Derek in front of her, she’ll take the bait. She’d blow off Rennie in a second to hang out with Derek.

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