Shipwrecked Summer by Carly Syms

Author:Carly Syms [Syms, Carly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carly Syms
Published: 2011-09-08T07:00:00+00:00

viii.

Turns out, Gianna was a lot more willing to go with me to this impromptu-but-sure-to-be-a-disaster pool party than I thought. She’d immediately agreed to meet me at Tack’s house at nine.

I walked down the steps, ready to make my way over to the Jordans’ pool, when the door to the Killeen’s duplex opened and I couldn’t help but look up.

Anthony, dressed in bright blue swimming shorts and a clingy-in-all-the-right-places white T-shirt, closed the door behind him.

“Whoa!” He jumped when he saw me standing awkwardly at the bottom of the stairs.

“Sorry!” I said. “I was just leaving and saw you come outside.”

“Couldn’t say hi before you scared me half to death?”

“I said sorry.” My tone may have been a bit snappier than it should’ve been, but I was weary of Anthony Killeen now.

He frowned. “You okay?”

I could only nod and his frown deepened.

“Lexie, if something’s wrong, you can tell me about it. What are neighbors for?”

I glared at him, my heart pounding, wondering if I should tell him the truth, tell him that I didn’t understand what he was doing with Pia when he’d been doing all of the same things with me.

“Really,” he added. “You can.”

I’d started to walk down the street and he had to jog a few steps to catch up with me.

Standing side by side with him, hidden by the night’s veil, I bit down on my lip, willing the tears to stay back. Who was I kidding? I’d had expectations about Anthony and me for this summer.

And why shouldn’t I have? He’d been nothing but nice--flirtatious, even!--with me when we’d first met and hung out that day. He’d bruised my leg! Didn’t that count for...I don’t know, something?

Anything?

“It’s just...” I trailed off, losing my nerve.

“Just what?” I could detect a trace of impatience in his voice and I sighed.

Did it matter what he thought of me at this point? He obviously preferred Pia and I might as well let him know I wouldn’t be a total pushover.

“I don’t know what your problem is,” I snapped, the bite in my voice surprising both of us. “You’re all nice to me the night we met, rescuing me from Jeff at the bonfire, and you’re even nicer the next day when we’re hanging out. You keep asking me to do things, saying all the right stuff, and then it’s just like...bam! You’re done with me as soon as the next shiny toy comes along.”

“That toy being...?”

I narrowed my eyes. “Really? You have to ask?”

He looked at me and shrugged. “Yeah, I have to ask.”

“I know you haven’t already moved on from Pia.” I said her name as if it was a contagious disease.

“Moved on from...” he trailed off. “Pia? I’m not interested in Pia.”

“Yeah. Obviously not.” I shook my head. If Anthony wasn’t even going to be straight with me, what was the point?

He shook his head. “I don’t know where you’re getting this, Lexie. Because I’m nice to her? That doesn’t mean I want her.”

“Oh, please. Guys always want her.

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