How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski

Author:Jennifer Salvato Doktorski [Doktorski, Jennifer Salvato]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Love & Romance, Friendship, Social Issues, Dating & Sex
ISBN: 9781442459403
Google: OxqIupCIVG8C
Amazon: 1442459409
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2013-05-07T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Avery asks the driver to drop us off a few blocks from the club. She doesn’t say why, but I know that hiring a limo was her way of making things easier for her friends, not impressing people, even though she’s pretty stinkin’ rich. Lilliana would like her. I could see us expanding our twosome to a threesome if Avery lived in New Jersey. As we approach the club, I can hear the thump, thump, thumping of a bass beat and the crash of symbols every time the door swings open. Avery explains they have bands downstairs and a deejay and dance floor upstairs.

“It’s all ages. They give out wrist bands if you’re over twenty-one, but scoring alcohol is not impossible.” Avery smiles. “Especially for us regulars.”

I’ve already decided I’m not drinking. I need to hate Joey for the foreseeable future and I don’t want a warm fuzzy buzz to prompt my own drunk dial.

Without making a big deal about it, Logan pays for everyone’s cover. Once inside, we negotiate the crowd as Avery leads us to a staircase at the back of the club. Upstairs, Avery, who indeed manages to score herself a light beer, pulls Logan onto the dance floor. It’s a fast song and I watch them, wondering if she meant what she said about staying single—or if they’ll wind up as a couple once they’re both at ASU studying sustainability and saving the world together.

When the music slows, Avery turns toward us, but Logan pulls her back and puts his arm around her waist. My heart constricts for a millisecond and I hold my breath. My good mood is fading fast. I need to turn it around. Matty and Spencer are leaning on the bar drinking sodas. A diet Coke and those two? I love them, but that’s not going to cut it. Instead of joining the guys, I head for the ladies’ room to fix my lip gloss and regroup.

As I exit the restroom, I spot a pay phone at the end of the hallway. I rummage in my purse for that calling card. I’m not going to do anything crazy. I just need to hear a voice from home so I can shake off my jealousy and lift my spirits. I reread the instructions on the back of the card and dial Lilliana’s number. It goes to voice mail. “Hey, it’s me. Using the calling card you gave me. Okay. Call me later.” She probably didn’t recognize the number. No biggie.

I scan the club and find everyone standing together at the bar, where Avery appears to have snagged herself yet another beer. Interesting. But who am I to judge?

I shoulder my way across the crowded room and I’m about to scooch between these two girls standing near our group when I hear one girl say to the other with disdain: “El comelibros has been checking you out since he got here.” I follow her gaze. She’s looking at Spencer. No effin’ way. She just called my Spence a bookworm! Actually, it’s even more offensive.

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