Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend by Penny Reid

Author:Penny Reid [Reid, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cipher-Naught
Published: 2022-04-11T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

*WINNIE*

“Last day of school, baby!” I smacked Amelia on the butt as I ran into the kitchen from the front door. Then I did a lap of our tiny apartment, Rocky Balboa style.

“Woot!” She grabbed her phone and clicked through a few screens. Soon, the theme music to Rocky played over her cell’s speaker. “And, surprise, you should be receiving a call next week about the community manager position interview.”

“What?” I jumped up and down. “So soon? That’s great!”

Finally.

Jeez. I felt such relief. After all the ups and downs with those videos and my social media accounts, the hard work was paying off.

She shimmied to the music. “You should celebrate!”

I felt so pumped, so ready for the summer. “I think I will!”

In addition to the awesome news about the upcoming community manager interview, my school’s Parent-Teacher Organization had agreed to let me do a summer auction for the science fair materials as long as I secured all the items myself, wrapped it up before the start of the new school year, and didn’t solicit any parents to donate anything or buy anything. I’d submitted a bunch of grants, but I didn’t want to take for granted (Ha! Pun intended) that any of them would get funded.

Now I simply needed to find items for the auction. Over the summer. Without asking any parents for help. But I’d figure it out!

Amelia turned as I jogged past again and gave me a high five. “You should make a fancy dinner tonight.”

“Wait, don’t you have plans with Elijah?” I studied her attire: black dress, silk wrap, stockings.

Amelia walked to the kitchen table and grabbed her purse. “I’m about to go. But I don’t need to be here for you to make fancy food.”

“You’re right. I think I will.”

“And see if Byron can come over and share your fancy dinner.”

I stopped running and instead danced in place, punching the air. “You know what? I think I will.”

What the heck, why not? After dyeing my hair on Friday, Byron had left, not staying for a gluten-free feast. I’d let him go, not taking his need for space personally. Serena had come over and we’d roused a dozing Amelia for a game of Stardew Valley while they admired my new hair.

But Byron and I were officially friends now. We’d spent time together almost every night this week even though we hadn’t recorded any new videos. Another fundamental shift had occurred in our interactions—a really good shift as far as I was concerned—and I attributed it not only to our honest conversations that night, but also to my physical avoidance of his body.

The notion had occurred to me last Saturday over breakfast while reading an article about imprinting via touch and smell. When Byron and I had met up later that day, I’d put my theory to the test and kept my distance. Success!

My heart still hammered out of my chest whenever he entered the room, my neck grew hot, and my stomach swirled. But something about

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