The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich

Author:Cale Dietrich [Dietrich, Cale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 2017-05-15T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER

NINETEEN

I’m lying on my bed on top of my blankets with my hands resting on my stomach, thinking about the two most important kisses of my life. First, the night I kissed Dyl. Second, Dyl kissing Juliet. No matter what I try to do I can’t get the images out of my head. My legs are crossed, so my left ankle sits atop my right. Cool fall air is blowing through my open window.

My iPod is resting on my chest. I’m listening to Hot Fuss, the album Dyl and I listened to in the car. The songs are all sort of romantic, but they aren’t love songs; they’re too angry and tinged with sadness for that. Still, I can’t help but think that Dyl deliberately picked this album for us to listen to. Did he hear these songs and think of me? Or did he just like it?

One of the songs, called “Andy, You’re a Star,” is pretty clearly about a crush that the lead singer has on another guy. That song, that inclusion, is the one I can’t shake from my mind, and it’s the song I’ve listened to more than any other. Surely Dyl would know the meaning of it. I mean, we kissed, and he seemed to really like it, so there’s a pretty decent chance he’s a little bit gay or bi. A straight guy couldn’t kiss me the way that he did.

Caden, are you awake?

I sit up and pull my earbuds from my ears. How long was Kaylee listening in? Or, more important, what does she now know about me? I should stop spending all my time thinking about Dyl, but it’s not like I can control it. If I could get rid of the thoughts, I would. So she probably now knows what I think about him, but I’m not going to be the one who starts that conversation. If she wants to talk about it, then I’d have to do it, but for now she seems to be content pretending my feelings don’t exist, and that’s fine with me.

Yeah, I am.

Good. It’s not over yet. Get dressed.

Why? It’s done. She kissed him. I’m dead.

Stop being melodramatic—she’s not even with him anymore. You can go and talk to her. Oh, and don’t wear a jacket. I’ve made you a set piece. I rigged the top of the lookout, so wait for my instructions and then do everything I say. If you do that, she’ll forget about Dyl. Trust me.

I almost laugh. Since when is trusting someone that easy? I turn and glance out my window. Strong wind is pummeling the trees, and the air smells like rain.

I stand up. Dyl isn’t giving up. He’s still playing this awful game. Even after we kissed, he still wants me to die. After everything he’s said to me, every moment we’ve shared, he hasn’t changed his mind. Am I going to let him kill me? No fucking way. If I lose, it’ll be because of Juliet. Dyl will never outplay me.

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