Revenge of the Geek by Piper Banks

Author:Piper Banks [Banks, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2010-09-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Dex was in brighter spirits that night. He’d gotten a B-plus on his first homework assignment in European history.

“Now if I could just figure out my trig homework, I’d be golden,” Dex said.

“Too bad you don’t know anyone who’s good at math. Especially a girlfriend willing to help you out,” I said.

“I didn’t even think of that. Can you help me?”

“Sure. Just give me the problems, and we’ll go through each one step-by-step,” I suggested.

“Have I ever told you that you’re the best girlfriend ever?” Dex asked.

“Yes. But I’m always open to hearing it again,” I said.

The truth was, I was glad to have the distraction. I’d been feeling off all afternoon, ever since leaving Grounded. But an hour spent walking Dex through the complexities of trigonometry had the effect of clearing my mind. After we hung up—and I was pleased by how reluctant Dex seemed to say good-bye to me—Charlie called me on my cell phone.

“Hey. I wanted to make sure you were okay,” she said. “You were so quiet this afternoon. You didn’t seem like your usual self.”

“What do you mean?” I asked. I’d been sitting at my desk while I Skyped with Dex, but now I moved over to my bed, sitting cross-legged on top of the blue-and-green bedspread. Willow stood, tail wagging, and mashed her head down on the edge of the bed so I could stroke her nose.

“I feel like I spent the whole time we were at Grounded talking to Nora,” Charlie said.

You did spend the whole time talking to Nora. I was completely superfluous to the conversation, I wanted to say. But then, remembering my resolution to squelch such jealous thoughts, I instead said, “I guess I was just off in my own little world.”

“Anything you want to talk about?” Charlie offered.

“No, nothing like that. I think I’m just nervous about my article for The Ampersand. I’m handing it in tomorrow,” I said. This wasn’t a complete lie. I thought I’d done a good job with it, but I was nervous about how Candace would respond. I had the feeling that she read all of The Ampersand pieces with a very critical eye.

“Are you happy with how it came out?” Charlie asked.

“I think so,” I said. “Or, at least, I hope so. I just don’t want Candace to hate it.”

“I’m sure she’ll love it,” Charlie said supportively.

“Let’s talk about something else,” I suggested. “This is just making me nervous.”

“Okay. Like what?”

“We could talk about Finn’s big news,” I said.

“What do you mean?” Charlie asked.

“Stop playing innocent. You know exactly what I’m talking about,” I said.

“I can’t say I’m surprised he and Phoebe broke up,” Charlie said. “They had nothing in common.”

“It just seems like it went downhill quickly. When we saw them at Grounded together that time, Phoebe seemed like she was really into Finn,” I said.

Charlie hesitated. “Do you think Finn meant it about getting Hannah to set him up with another girl?”

“Yes,” I said. “But I wouldn’t worry too much. Hannah’s decided to work with more, um, how shall I put it? Challenging clients.

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