Legally Red by A. A. Albright

Author:A. A. Albright [Albright, A. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-26T05:00:00+00:00

11. The Perfect Couple

Wanda and Max were curled up on the couch when I got home, watching a horror movie. Wolfie was laid out on the rug in front of the fireplace, chewing on a familiar looking stick, while Dizzy sat on Wanda’s lap chewing on a mango slice, laughing as a horde of zombies shuffled into an unsuspecting town.

‘That’s not how zombies behave!’ cried the little bat. ‘Hah! Who writes this stuff?’

Wanda paused the movie and looked at me with concern. ‘It still seems fairly early,’ she said. ‘I thought you were seeing Mack after your dinner. Is everything okay?’

‘Me and Mack are fine. Wonderful, in fact. I just have an early start, that’s all, so I asked him for a rain check.’

‘Wanna join us for a little while?’ She patted the seat next to her. ‘I was just about to make some more popcorn.’

‘Yeah.’ Max grinned at me. ‘There are some leftovers from dinner if you want some of that, too. We had fajitas.’

Leftovers and popcorn sounded like a great idea right now. But maybe I’d ignore my hunger, just for a while. Wanda and Max looked so comfortable and perfect together that I didn’t want to butt in. I just wished that they knew how perfect they were together.

Wanda was convinced she was in love with a gorgeous but dodgy guy called Will Berry, and Max was going out with a girl called Emily, who I was pretty sure was also seeing the Call of the Wild’s bass player on the side. It all sounded incredibly complicated, but it didn’t have to be. Just as soon as Max and Wanda realised that they were head over heels in love with each other, their lives would be very, very simple.

And that was why, whenever and wherever I could, I made sure that they had some time alone. I had to be patient about things, though. If I constantly threw them together, then Wanda would cop on to what I was doing and run like the wind (probably screaming, ‘I don’t love Max, honest I don’t!’ as she went – but who was she trying to kid?). And Max, well, he’d just get so awkward about the whole thing and probably spend every evening anywhere but home.

I’d long come to realise that the best way to go about things was to treat Wanda and Max like the overgrown children they were. And that meant handling them. So I’d devised a little chart in my mind, making sure I left them alone just enough not to seem suspicious. By my calculation, it was safe to leave them to it tonight.

I put a hand to my mouth, pretending to yawn. ‘Oh, I’d love to, but I’m so tired. Have a good night, guys!’

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