Untwisted by Cari Quinn & Taryn Elliott

Author:Cari Quinn & Taryn Elliott [Elliott, Taryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rainbow Rage Publishing
Published: 2015-02-11T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Something was afoot.

“Explain to me why she’s coming with us again?” Jazz asked as they waited in the parking lot of the gas station while Molly ran inside to get a Slurpee and “something edible.” “I expected you to herd me out of there the minute I got back from the store, and instead we’re roadtripping.”

“We’re just taking a detour to San Fran for the night.”

Jazz stared hard at the side of Gray’s face. He wasn’t making eye contact with her, and she knew him well enough to know that meant he was being shifty. Or trying to be. “I thought you had to get back to the studio.”

“Yeah, but not until day after tomorrow.” He toyed with his iPhone, shuffling through songs. “I thought we’d take a day to—hey,” he said as she closed her hand over his.

She got right in his face, nose to nose. “What aren’t you telling me?”

He gave her his most innocent look. If she wasn’t mistaken, the jerk even batted his ridiculously long lashes at her. “I don’t know what you mean, sweetie.”

“Don’t sweetie me. I know when I’m being snowed.” She slumped back in her seat and crossed her legs and arms like the pouty teenager she currently felt like.

He knew how she felt about surprises. They made her nervous under the best of circumstances. It had taken years for Christmas to cause her more excitement than anxiety. Too many years of waking up to find nothing under the tree—or worse, some salacious gift from her mama’s current boyfriend du jour—had made her dread a time of year that other kids anticipated. Regular surprises weren’t much better. In spite of trusting him wholeheartedly, she couldn’t help her natural reservations and panic at being kept in the dark. He understood that, or at least she thought he did.

So that must mean that he believed whatever he was up to was worth her momentary discomfort.

“It doesn’t snow in California, baby.”

She glared at him, but he only laughed.

“Where exactly do you plan for us to stay tonight?”

“All taken care of.”

“Mmm-hmm. Are we sharing a room with Molly? Because, hello, awkward.”

“Trust me,” he said, reaching out to cluck her chin in a way that made her hiss. He just laughed again.

Molly emerged from the gas station and climbed in the backseat, a drink in one hand and a truly awe-inspiring amount of junk food exploding out of the bag she clutched in her other. Noticing Jazz’s longing glance, she stuck her drink in the cup holder and fished around in the bag, producing a bag of Skittles. “You still like these?”

“Gimme.” Jazz snatched them out of her hand and tore into the bag with gusto. “Thank Jesus,” she said in between stuffing her mouth. “He’s been trying to starve me.”

“Sure I have. How much did they say you weighed this morning at the doctor’s again?”

Jazz stopped chowing down long enough to whack his arm. “Shut up. I don’t hear you complaining about my boobs.”

“God himself wouldn’t complain about your boobs.

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