The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Dress by Shani Petroff

Author:Shani Petroff
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US

chapter 23

The excitement over getting to hang out with Cole disappeared as Gabi and I headed home. “How am I supposed to help him with his homework when I’m supposed to be staying away from him? I can’t do both at the same time. You never should have volunteered me.”

Gabi stopped dead in her tracks. “It makes no sense for you to still be ignoring Cole.”

“Of course it does,” I told her. What was wrong with her today? “You know why I’m doing it.”

“Yeah, why?”

I rolled my eyes. “Because my powers tend to go off around him.”

“They’ve been doing that, anyway,” Gabi reminded me. “He was there when you erased everyone’s memories and disappeared into thin air. It can’t get much worse than that. And you’re just adding to it by pretending he doesn’t exist.”

“But what if something else happens? Like a repeat of the fireworks or our initials in a tree. Something specifically having to do with him. He’ll think I’m a freak.”

“He already does,” she said under her breath.

“What?”

She shrugged her shoulder. “You’ve been acting crazy around him, and he’s definitely noticed. So you might as well talk to him. Maybe it will actually make things better.”

I chewed on my nails as I contemplated what she said. My plan had definitely been backfiring. The whole point of keeping away from him was to protect him from my deranged powers. But he was still affected by them. And he still saw every single embarrassing situation that I accidentally conjured up.

“You’re right.” Trying to ignore Cole didn’t do anything but make him think I was crazy and rude.

“I know,” she said. “That’s why I told him you’d help him. You’ll get a chance to make things right. And I’ll be there, to keep you from doing anything too stupid.”

“Yeah, because that’s been working out really well.” She hadn’t been able to stop my T-shirt from disappearing, the zit from popping up, or me disappearing into thin air.

She shrugged a shoulder. “At least I’ve helped you make up harebrained excuses.”

That was true. She really was an amazing friend. “You don’t think it’s too late? That I blew it with him completely?”

“No way,” Gabi assured me. “He liked you before, he’ll like you again. You haven’t been ignoring him that long. Just make sure you’re extra nice to him from now on.”

That was exactly what I was going to do. From there on out, I was going to put on the charm, and finally make my dream come true—Cole and Angel together forever.

But first I had to get rid of the baseball perched on top of my nose.

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