Two Cool for School by Belle Payton

Author:Belle Payton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

“So what’s going on with you and Corey?” Emily asked Alex as they strolled through the mall. They were on their way to meet up with a group of girls, some of whom Alex had met and some of whom she didn’t know.

“Corey? Oh. Nothing. Nothing at all,” said Alex quickly.

“Awww, come on, Alex,” Emily wheedled. “Anyone who spends two seconds with the two of you can see you guys like each other.”

“They can?” asked Alex anxiously. She stopped in her tracks and turned to face Emily. “Okay, fine. I confess: I do like him. And he even asked me out! But I don’t know what to do, because I get the feeling that Lindsey likes him too.” Alex paused and tried to gauge Emily’s reaction. It was possible she was treading into dangerous waters here—Emily and Lindsey were close. “I just—I don’t want to make Lindsey mad at me. Do you know what’s going on between them?”

“Come on,” said Emily. “We have twenty minutes before we meet up with everyone. I could use a smoothie. Let’s sit and talk about this.”

A few minutes later they were sitting across a table from each other in the food court—a much fancier food court than Alex had known at the malls back in Massachusetts. Alex had a mango-orange smoothie, and Emily a strawberry-banana.

“So here’s the thing,” said Emily. “A few years ago, Lindsey’s parents and Corey’s parents opened a business together. A restaurant. And I think they had some sort of argument over it, and stopped being partners. I think Lindsey’s family is now having some money problems.”

Alex nodded. “I heard that too.”

Emily tossed her long blond hair out of her face and took a sip of her pink smoothie.

Alex took a sip of her smoothie too. She was dying for more information from Emily but didn’t want to look desperate.

“Anyway, I guess their parents don’t get along anymore. So it got awkward that Lindsey and Corey were sort of going out.”

Alex sat back in her chair and regarded Emily. “That does sound awkward,” she said.

“I guess last year the strain got to them, and they stopped hanging out. She doesn’t really talk about it, but I think you’re right—she still likes him. Anyway, I know Lindsey can seem a little . . . mean sometimes, but she really is a good friend. I think it does upset her to see Corey interested in someone else.”

“Like me?”

“Yeah, like you.” Emily leaned forward and fixed Alex with a serious look. “Do you want my opinion?”

Alex nodded her head vigorously.

“I think Lindsey would eventually get over it if you started going out with Corey. But if you want to be friends with her, maybe going out with him isn’t the best idea in the world.”

“That makes sense,” said Alex dejectedly. She thought about Corey: his smile, his dimples, how adorably nervous he got around her. But it probably wasn’t worth it to make Lindsey mad. “She seems like she already doesn’t like me,” said Alex, staring miserably into her smoothie cup.

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