What a Girl Wants by Lindsey Kelk

Author:Lindsey Kelk [Kelk, Lindsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-07-16T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

‘Here you are,’ Amy said, skipping into my room. ‘Should have known I’d find you behind a desk.’

‘Hey, what time is it?’ I waved behind me and rubbed my screen-sore eyes. It felt as though I had been staring at the same blank page forever but I still had nothing for the Perito’s pitch but a notebook full of scribbled out statements and lots of Pinterest boards of badly cooked chickens. ‘How was the shop thing?’

‘It’s nearly seven and the shop thing was great and you need to get dressed for dinner.’ She walked straight over to my wardrobe and pulled out a pair of jeans and a black silk long-sleeved top. ‘Come on. I’ve got loads of exciting things to tell you.’

‘I think I’m just going to get this finished,’ I said, nodding at the computer. ‘I need another hour or so.’

‘Have you spoken to Charlie?’

‘No.’

‘Have you spoken to Nick?’

‘No.’

‘Let’s go out and get something to eat,’ she said, holding up the black top and waving the arms around. ‘Kekipi is downstairs, waiting. You’ve got to eat, woman.’

I flicked my eyes over to my peacefully charging iPhone. She wanted to go out? We weren’t all eating dinner together?

‘I’m not really in the mood to go out,’ I said, rolling my shoulders and flicking attention back to my blank PowerPoint presentation. ‘You go. Have something yummy for me.’

‘So I saw Domenico on my way up.’ Amy walked over to the desk and leaned against my shoulders. ‘He reckons Nick’s still not back from wherever he went this morning.’

‘Must be something important then.’ I sucked in my cheeks and pursed my lips at the computer monitor. How could he go missing after what had happened? What kind of person reacted to a declaration of love by vanishing? Other than me?

Amy rested her chin on the top of my head. ‘You’ve been sitting at this desk since I left, haven’t you?’

‘Yes?’

‘Which was six hours ago.’

‘Yes?’

‘Wow, it’s almost like we’ve travelled back in time.’

‘I’ve got work to do.’

‘Fine.’ She wrapped herself around me from the back of my chair, squeezing my arms against my body and leaning over my chair. ‘You’re forcing me to do this, you realize.’

Before I could move, she pressed Apple and ‘S’ then jabbed the power key on the monitor.

‘Amy, you shit!’ I exhaled hard. ‘I’m halfway through something.’

‘And you’ll always be halfway through something until someone makes you stop,’ she said, diving across the floor to pull the plug on my computer altogether. I gasped as the little white light in the front faded into darkness. ‘This is for your own good.’

The way I looked at it, I had two choices. I could throw Amy out of the window and tell everyone that she fell, or I could punch her in the boob, get changed and eat some dinner.

‘Just so you know,’ I said, picking up the jeans and top and heading for the bathroom. ‘I’m going to punch you in the boob as soon as I’ve had a wee.

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