The Importance of Getting Revenge by Amanda Abram

Author:Amanda Abram [Abram, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-20T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

The thought of having a “real” date with Jase scared the heck out of me, and that's all I could think about all week.

Our plan for Friday evening was as follows: he was going to pick me up at seven o'clock. I was to dress in something that wasn't too dressy, but not too casual. After that, it was a complete mystery, because he refused to tell me where he was taking me, which was just another reason why I was scared.

My mother, however, was anything but scared. She was ecstatic. She was elated. She was happiness personified.

“Have I mentioned yet how thrilled I am that you're dating Jase?” she asked from the doorway to my room.

It was a quarter to seven o'clock, and I had tried on at least five different outfits, all of which I'd absolutely hated. Frowning at myself in the mirror, I answered in a droll voice, “You might have mentioned that one or three hundred times.”

My mother beamed as she entered my bedroom. She glanced around at all of the clothes strewn everywhere. “Having a problem deciding what to wear?”

“Not at all,” I said sarcastically, yanking off the button-up sweater I'd just put on and throwing it atop the pile of discarded clothing on my bed.

“What's wrong with any of these things?” She began to paw through the pile. Less than thirty seconds later, her hands emerged, one holding onto a simple black, sleeveless, couple-inches-above-the-knee dress, and the white, half-sleeved sweater I had just tossed aside. “These would look cute together. You could put on the sweater when you get cold.”

I hated to admit it, but they kinda did look cute together. I had to hand it to my mother. She had much more fashion sense than I did.

“Maybe,” I mumbled, grabbing them from her hands. With a heavy sigh, I sat down on the bed. “I don't even know why I'm trying so hard. It's not like it's an actual date or anything.”

Those word were supposed to remain inside my head only, and as soon as they had mistakenly escaped from my mouth, I froze.

My mom narrowed her eyes at me. “What is that supposed to mean?”

My first instinct was to just pick a lie and run with it. But then the reality of the situation hit me, and it hit me hard. My mother had been hoping for me and Jase to fall in love ever since we were still playing together in the sandbox, so to string her along into thinking Jase and I had any sort of romantic future together, well...that was just wrong.

“It means that Jase and I aren't really dating.”

My mother stared at me blankly. After a few blinks, she said, “I don't get it.”

“Our relationship is fake, Mom.” I stood up and began taking all of the discarded clothing off the bed with the intent of hanging it all back up. “We're just pretending to date.”

“Okay,” she said slowly. “I'm still not getting it.”

“Look, I wanted to make Jeffrey mad, okay?” I snapped.

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