Say Anything by Madeleine Labitan

Author:Madeleine Labitan [Labitan, Madeleine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“He drove you home? Riley, that’s huge!”

I take out my book for first period and shut my locker before facing Bree’s wide-eyed stare.

“I can’t believe you waited this long to tell me. Wait, does Morgan know?” She looks a little put out.

“No. You’re the first one I told.”

Come to think of it, it didn’t even occur to me to call either of them over the weekend to discuss what happened. I actually waited. That’s a first.

But that’s not all. It’s like I don’t even feel excited about it. When, in fact, I should be thrilled that there’s a small development with Lincoln. At the very least, I should be mentally replaying that night over and over. But...nothing.

Weird.

“So?” Bree prods as we start to walk to class. “Tell me everything.”

“You make it sound like it was such a big deal. I already told you—he just literally drove me home.”

She looks at me like I just said something crazy. “Are you serious? This is Lincoln we’re talking about,” she whispers furiously. “Of course it’s a big deal. It’s the biggest deal ever.”

“Well, it’s not like he kissed me or anything.” Now that would be the biggest deal.

“Maybe you should’ve made the first move.”

“And risk being rejected?” I scoff. “Yeah, I’d rather wait for him to do that.”

Maybe that’s the reason why I can’t bring myself to be enthusiastic about it. Lincoln hasn’t made any move yet. That’s enough to dampen the mood, right? Honestly, I don’t know if he’s taking things slow or he’s simply not interested. Noah hasn’t said anything about it.

“Maybe I should ask Noah,” I voice out.

“Ask Noah about what?” Lincoln appears out of nowhere, startling me and Bree. “Sorry,” he says sheepishly, keeping pace with us.

Bree elbows me. Oh my God, she mouths.

“We were just, um, wondering if Noah and Laura are officially back together,” I tell Lincoln, ignoring Bree. “So I thought maybe I should just ask him directly.”

Technically, I did ask. But Noah was vague about it.

As if our conversation has conjured them, we spot Noah against his locker with Laura standing close to him, her hand running up and down his arm.

I frown a little.

Lincoln nudges me playfully. “Did that answer your question?”

“I guess so.” My eyes stay fixed on them even as we walk past.

Lincoln insists on walking us to our class so we let him. But with the way Bree is squirming beside me you’d think he just asked me out. She really needs to get a hold of herself.

Look at me, I’m seriously good at this playing it cool thing.

“This is us,” I say as we stop in front of my and Bree’s class for first period. “So, see you later?”

But instead of leaving and walking to his class, Lincoln steps right into my personal space, causing me to suck in a breath.

“You have something on your cheek.” He plucks it from my face and shows it to me. It’s an eyelash. “I think this is the part where you make a wish.

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