Wrecked by E. R. Frank

Author:E. R. Frank
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780689873843
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2007-04-24T05:00:00+00:00

16

THREE HOURS AFTER I GET HOME, SETH IS ON OUR DOORSTEP.

“Anna!” Jack yells, even though I’m right there behind him.

“Hi,” I say to Seth.

Jack steps aside.

“Hi,” Seth says to me. “I like your shades.” He holds out his hand, palm up. M&M’s.

I don’t take any. My brother takes a few. “Are you going to invite him in?” Jack asks.

“Would you like to leave now?” I ask Jack back.

“Delighted,” Jack goes, and he nods his head at Seth and disappears up the stairs.

“Okay,” I tell Seth. “Come in.”

I lead him to the family room and plop myself down on the L of the couch. I keep my sunglasses on, even though I don’t need them indoors.

He stays standing. “Anna, I’m sorry I was such an idiot that night.”

“It doesn’t matter,” I go, even though it does matter.

He sits down, but as far away as possible. “I’d been wanting to say a lot of stuff to you about the accident for a long time,” Seth goes. “But … it’s … you know … I guess the way it came out was … well, stupid.”

“The truth is,” I tell him, “we don’t even really know each other.”

“We were starting to,” Seth says. “All of us, I mean. Jason and Lisa and Ellen.”

“Who did you used to hang out with?” I ask Seth.

He digs into his pocket and then feeds some M&M’s into his mouth. “Leo Feld and Rimi and Justin and that crowd,” Seth says, crunching. “We still hang out sometimes.”

“Ellen and my brother tell me I’m all messed up,” I say. “I don’t think I’m such great girlfriend material right now.”

“Maybe that’s just a way of saying you’re not into me,” Seth goes.

“Maybe.”

He looks bummed, and then he starts to smile a little. “You’re sort of a bitch,” he tells me.

“Screw you,” I tell him back.

“Okay,” he goes, and he scoots over next to me. Then he lifts the sunglasses off my face and holds my cheeks in his hands. He doesn’t kiss me. We just look at each other for a while.

“You got tan,” he goes.

It’s hard not to smile. His hands are big and warm.

“And your hair is the color of fire now.”

He has pretty eyes. Brown with black rings around the outside.

“You’ve got a cat’s eye,” he tells me. He pulls his head back and squints. “Your pupil is vertical.”

“I know,” I say. “It might never get round again.”

“Supreme.” He smiles.

He doesn’t let go of my face. My heart starts to beat fast. “My brother told me no girl can resist this move,” he says finally, his face inches away from mine.

I knock his hands away. “Your brother doesn’t know anything,” I lie. But I keep hold of one of his index fingers, between us.

“So, what’s going on?” I ask. He pulls a curl with his free hand. Then he pulls another one. I shake him off “What’s all this stuff you’ve wanted to say to me since the accident?”

“I really, really love your curls.”

“I’m serious,” I tell him. “What did you want to say?”

He sits up straight and scoots back a little.

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