Miss Trailerhood by Carina Taylor

Author:Carina Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Taylor
Published: 2020-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

When we pulled back into the trailer park, Nate climbed out of the truck first, then Wren. I tried to follow, but my legs were numb from Wren sitting on me. Nate sighed, reached into the truck, and lifted me out bridal style.

“We’ll see you guys later!” he called to Dean and Marni as he shouldered the truck door shut. They drove down the street and around the bend toward their own single-wide.

Wren walked inside the trailer, only shutting the screen door after her. “It’s hot in here!” she yelled out to us.

Nate glanced down at me. “Guess I should put you down. Want to sit on the bench?”

We sat down on the wicker couch together. I wasn’t sure how much Wren had told him, but I imagined there wasn’t much left to his imagination.

But he was still here. Still sticking with me even though I tried to push him away. He was still protecting me in the little things.

Now that I looked back, I wondered how many of our arguments in middle school and high school had been the typical flirting of kids.

We’d had each other’s backs even then.

We even teamed up to look out for Nola—bless her over-large, accepting heart. That girl didn’t like to tell any of the boys no. And she was beautiful enough that she was constantly being asked out. She wanted to keep everyone happy and spread some love in her life.

That was where Nate and I came in. We wouldn’t let her go out with some of the boys. She got stubborn one time and went out with a boy Nate and I didn’t like. I tagged along. Nate and I were right. He was a tool and made a move on me when Nola left the room. Needless to say, I have a much better right hook than average. I’d grown up in a scrappier situation.

After decking him, I’d texted Nate, and he came to pick us up from the party.

He was livid. We had to talk him down from beating the guy to within an inch of his life. Seeing someone who usually terrorized Nola and me get so protective of me...that had been the moment when I saw him with more clarity. He wasn’t the dumb little brother he pretended to be. He was just a little brother doing what brothers did. Making their sister’s and her friends’ lives miserable until they really needed him.

Funny thing, the next day at school, the guy had had a black eye—courtesy of me. But he also had a broken nose and a fat lip.

No one knew who did that to him, but Nate’s knuckles were a little scraped up. He never admitted anything about it, but from that moment on, I became more protective of him. I started fielding girls and pointing away the ones who weren’t worthy of him. Of course, I couldn’t ever tell him that.

He just wouldn’t understand.

He’d probably be furious.

It was as though we were destined to end up together.

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