Not That Kind Of Girl by Siobhan Vivian

Author:Siobhan Vivian [Vivian, Siobhan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2012-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

After the dance ended, it was the student council's job to make sure the decorations were taken down and the leftover food was cleaned up. Most of the students were already gone. Just a few people stuck around, and I was the only one really working. Coach Fallon led me around, pointing out all the stepped-on candy corns and sticky spots on his gym floor. I wanted so badly to tell him that it was his beloved athletes who had decided to throw candy at each other, whose bumping and grinding had sloshed the soda out of their cans. Not me. Not the girl who had to clean up everyone else's good time, like Cinderella. Autumn sat in the bleachers, talking to Marci and a few other girls. I was pissed that she wasn't helping clean up. The longer I had to stay here, the longer it would take before we could get back to my house. I was exhausted, and I could only imagine how tired Autumn felt. Once she'd left me to go dance with Marci, she hadn't stopped until the last song. She'd ignored me practically the whole night. After Connor left the dance, I kept touching the piece of paper in my pocket. Like I needed to make sure I hadn't dreamt the whole thing up. Because he walked right past me on his way out the door, without a second look. I guessed I really did embarrass him. "Hey," Autumn said, coming up behind me. "A bunch of people are going out to Bobby Doyle's house." "Yeah," I said. "So?" "So...I'm going to stop by there for a little while. Do you want to come?" "I thought you were sleeping over." I could hear the hurt in my voice. I hated it. "I still am. I'm just taking a slight detour first. For an hour, tops." It wasn't even an invitation. It was an ultimatum. I looked over her shoulder at Marci and the other girls. They watched the two of us, somewhat impatiently. I was obviously holding up their evening, only I didn't care. I wasn't going to make this easy for Autumn. So I turned and started walking away from her, toward the supply closet. Autumn followed, but slowly, like a child being dragged through a department store. "I don't get it," I said, once we were out of view of everyone else. "Marci Cooperstein was a complete bitch to you, and now you're ditching me for her to go to some party full of jerks who've made fun of you." Even if a part of me wanted to go, I couldn't. Connor was in all likelihood going to be there. I didn't want to make it seem like I was suddenly chasing after him, or whatever it was that Autumn was chasing after. "God, Natalie! It's just a party. And I'm not ditching you. I want you to come." Autumn dropped her head back. "Marci apologized, and I forgave her. It's over.

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