The Comeback by Marlene Perez

Author:Marlene Perez
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Chapter 14

Thanks to me, Angie was even more popular. She was suddenly a huge celebrity, at least at Kennedy High.

“Every time I try to regain my popularity, it goes horribly wrong,” I moaned to Monet. “Why is that?”

“I don’t know,” Monet replied. “Karma?”

Dev showed up as we were leaving for lunch and wanted to bum a ride.

“We’re hitting Taco Bell,” Monet said. “So if you want Wicked Jack’s, you’ll have to mooch a ride from someone else.”

Dev looked at me knowingly, but didn’t comment. “Taco Bell’s cool,” he said.

Monet and Scott went to order and Dev and I grabbed a table.

“Do you want to come over on Friday night?” Dev said.

“What about Beth?” I said. Was Dev asking me out? My heart rate accelerated, then slowed. Was it a pity date?

“She has a track meet out of town,” he said, sounding perplexed. “Besides, I don’t think she wants to watch us prep for the play.”

The play. Of course. He wasn’t asking me out. I didn’t examine why I didn’t feel more relieved.

“I thought we could watch 10 Things I Hate About You. It’s—”

“A modernization of The Taming of the Shrew,” I finished for him. “I’d love to.”

I didn’t tell him I’d seen it about ten times already.

“You’d love to what?” Monet asked. She set down her tray, which was piled high with burritos, tacos, and sodas.

I stared at the tray. “You do realize that there are only four of us eating, right?”

“Obviously, you’ve never seen Dev eat,” she said.

Dev stretched and patted his stomach. His shirt rode up, giving me a glimpse of firm, tanned skin.

I dragged my gaze away from him, only to find that Monet was watching me. “So, you’d love to what?” she asked again.

I blushed. I didn’t want my best friend to know what I had been thinking I would love to do a second ago.

“Uh, we’re going to watch a movie on Friday,” I said.

Monet slammed her soda down on the table.

“For the play,” I added weakly.

Her face cleared and I thought I was off the hook, but a second later, she said, “Dev, I forgot the hot sauce. Could you get some?”

She watched him leave, then said to Scott, “Can you refill my soda? I’m dying of thirst.”

After he left, she turned to me and said, “What are you up to, Sophie?”

I stared at her. “Nothing. It’s for the play,” I enunciated clearly. “Besides, it was Dev’s idea, not mine. So don’t think I’m trying to seduce your brother or something.”

“I don’t,” she said, “but I don’t know what’s gotten into him lately. He’s being suspiciously nice to you.”

“We are in the same play together. Besides, he has a girlfriend,” I stated. “And he’s not my type.”

She snorted. “He’s only gone out on a couple of dates with Beth. That hardly classifies her as his girlfriend. And besides, I always wondered about you two.”

“Wondered what?” But the guys were back, so we steered the conversation to more innocuous topics, like the upcoming test in Spanish.

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