Paper or Plastic by Vivi Barnes

Author:Vivi Barnes [Barnes, Vivi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Katie McGarry, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Stephanie Perkins, Rachel Harris, summer jobs, first love, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Select)
Published: 2014-12-08T23:00:00+00:00

17

I didn’t see Noah at my game, though I did think I spotted his old SUV at one point, but I couldn’t find him in the stands. I did get a text from him that evening: Great game.

Great game? So he was there. I didn’t see you in the stands.

I was on the other side.

Oh. Thanks. Knowing he was there, watching me play, made my heartbeat skip a little faster, even if it was just a friend thing. Maybe by sitting on the other side he was avoiding trouble with Bryce, who was sitting in the stands. I didn’t know.

Sunday was the Fourth of July. I spent the morning hanging at the house with my grandma, who seemed fine except for when she forgot where she put something, and once it looked like she was going to make tea but changed her mind and left the stove on. I found out and quickly shut it off before my parents realized it.

In the afternoon, I went to the beach with a bunch of friends. We played volleyball in the sand and grilled hot dogs and went swimming, and the entire time I tried not to notice the feeling that something was missing. I wanted Noah here with me. I wanted to lie next to him on the sand and talk about life and freaky SmartMart shoppers and anything that made us laugh. And maybe he’d see that I wasn’t just an employee or a friend, because the longer I thought about it, the more I let my thoughts entertain what it’d be like to be more.

I wasn’t scheduled at SmartMart until Tuesday, so Bryce and I spent Monday morning practicing at the field. Coach had asked him if he could help Maggie pitch, too, but Bryce told him he didn’t have time. I knew he only said that for my sake.

“Don’t worry about Maggie,” he said as he slipped the glove over his hand. “She’s nowhere near as good as you, and Coach Santiago knows it. Seriously, she can’t even throw a fast pitch.”

I smiled at him. I didn’t think Maggie was as bad as that, but I appreciated his support anyway. “Thanks, Bryce.”

“How’s SmartFart going now? Any better?”

“A little better, yeah.”

“So my mom and I were there last night and guess who I saw?”

“Who?”

“That douchebag, Noah Grayson.”

My throat went dry as Bryce frowned at me. “Why didn’t you tell me he was working there?”

I shrugged. “Not a big deal. He’s one of the managers. Did you, um, talk to him?” I knew my voice shook a little, but Bryce didn’t seem to notice. He tossed the ball into the air and hit it with his bat.

“Hell no. I was tempted to knock over that display of cereal he was working on, though.” He chuckled.

Seriously? I loved Bryce, but really? The mental image of Noah scrambling to pick up cereal boxes while Bryce laughed on the side was too much. “Real mature, Bryce. Yeah, and before you open your mouth, I know he ratted you out in ninth grade.

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