Flirting With Maybe by Wendy Higgins

Author:Wendy Higgins [Higgins, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Family, Multigenerational, Love & Romance, Social Issues, General
ISBN: 9780062265937
Google: 7I2NjhGzYR4C
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2013-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

In fall of his senior year Michelle Vasquez asked him to the Sadie Hawkins dance.

Ryan hadn’t gone to any dances his junior year. He wasn’t into that stuff. But something about the way Michelle bit her lip, looking so nervous as they stood there in the hall . . . he knew that feeling.

“Yeah, sure, I’ll go,” he told her.

She rocked back from her heels to her toes. “Really? Awesome!”

Her smile was pretty.

Her best friend, Sarah, asked Ryan’s friend, Jake, so the four of them went together. After the dance they’d had a joint make-out session in the toy box with Ryan and Michelle in the front and Jake and Sarah in the back. That night sealed the deal, and the two couples became nearly inseparable.

Life went on.

There were things about Michelle that drove him crazy in a bad way—especially her negative body image. She was gorgeous with all that dark, curly hair, which she’d grown longer; and in his opinion she was too skinny. Apparently his opinion didn’t matter, because she rarely ate more than a bite or two in front of him, and she always insisted on having the lights off when they made out. He wasn’t sure, but he thought she was too self-conscious to even enjoy the things they did together. It was times like those when he thought of Brooke, and how different it would be with her, which made him feel guilty.

But the worst thing about Michelle was her jealousy. Ryan was a loyal guy. He didn’t check out girls the way his friends did, but she still needled him about it. Do you think she’s cute? Do you wish my boobs were as big as those? Were you really in love with Brooke Bennett? When’s the last time you talked to her? What do you guys talk about, anyway? The questions about Brooke forced a brick wall up inside him. He didn’t want to talk about Brooke to anyone, especially not Michelle. It wasn’t her business. And he didn’t like the way Michelle said Brooke’s name like it was something vile.

That thought made Ryan realize maybe he wasn’t so faithful to Michelle after all, and she had every right to be paranoid. Because he looked forward to the summer and holidays for different reasons than his friends. Although, admittedly, Ryan did not hope for a visit from Brooke like he used to. Now and then he let himself fantasize, but reality was too solid and too constant to let him be a fool anymore. Brooke was done with him. And besides, it would be too weird to have her see him with Michelle.

The only thing Ryan truly looked forward to was baseball. Sometimes he enjoyed being with Michelle, but mostly it felt like work, like he was walking on eggshells, trying not to accidentally piss her off or hurt her feelings. Ryan didn’t know how to handle her tears and mood swings. He went through the motions and tried to be a good boyfriend.

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