The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Author:E. Lockhart
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction - Young Adult
Publisher: Disney Publishing Worldwide

A BROKEN DATE

That Friday, after an early dinner, Frankie and Trish put mud packs on their faces and painted their nails. They put girlie pop music on the portable CD player and took turns fanning each other’s toes with a copy of Trish’s Horse Illustrated magazine. “You can still apologize to Porter if you feel bad about what happened,” Trish said, admiring her toenails. “But I don’t think he’s mad at you, anyhow.” “Oh, he’s mad at me, all right,” said Frankie. “I think he’s mad at Matthew for being better than he is. He doesn’t like how small he feels when he compares himself to your new boyfriend.” (In addition to Horse Illustrated, Trish subscribed to Psychology Today.)

“Whatever. It’s not like Porter likes me anymore, anyway.”

“Maybe he does.” Trish wrinkled her brow. “I mean, why wouldn’t he? He never stopped liking you. He just cheated on you.”

“Same thing.”

“No, not the same thing at all. If Porter liked Bess, he would have started going out with her. But he didn’t. And now he’s sending you e-mails and XO-ing you and buying you cheese fries.”

“So?”

“So if that’s not flirting, I don’t know what is.”

“I’m not apologizing to him,” said Frankie. “The guy is completely maculate.”

“I’m not even going to ask you what that means.” Trish rolled her eyes.

“A little flirting doesn’t make up for what he did.”

“I’m not saying you should apologize,” Trish answered. “I’m just pointing out that more is going on here than meets the eye. There are layers and layers.”

“Okay.” Frankie was sarcastic.

“I think the question is not whether Porter is mad at you,” Trish continued. “The question is, what made you so mad at Porter? Was it the cheating thing from last year, or the Big Man Protector thing he did at lunch, or the fact that he was flirting with you when you have a boyfriend, and that made you all confused?”

“I don’t know. I couldn’t stand his superior attitude.”

“He was always that way.” Trish tucked the bottle of sparkly green polish into her bureau drawer and threw her cotton balls in the trash.

“Was he? I don’t remember.”

“I mean, Porter’s not a bad guy, except for the cheating,” said Trish, “but he does have that James Bond thing going with women.”

“What do you mean, Bond?”

Trish shook her head. “Give me a goofball like Artie any day. I don’t need all that macho-rescue stuff. I just like someone funny who treats me nice.”

Artie was a sweetheart, but Frankie found him completely devoid of sexual appeal. “He’s a good boyfriend,” she told Trish. “You’re lucky.”

“Did I tell you he wants to be a girl for Halloween?” said Trish, combing her hair in the mirror.

“You’re kidding.”

“Yeah, he and John and Charles Deckler are already borrowing people’s panty hose.”

Frankie murmured something in response, but she was no longer paying attention. Talking about Porter had reminded her that she was nervous about her date.

Matthew had been so atypically silent when Frankie had debated Elizabeth.

Had she embarrassed him?

Or turned him off?

Or annoyed

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