Wrong Kind of Girl by Kate William

Author:Kate William [William, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2002-06-28T00:00:00+00:00

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Later that afternoon, Elizabeth and Todd were sitting on the sofa in the family room of the

Wilkins home, watching an old movie on TV. The smell of homemade cake wafted in from the

kitchen, where Mrs. Wilkins was preparing dinner.

Elizabeth snuggled closer to Todd, trying hard to concentrate on the movie. But her thoughts

kept turning to Annie and Jessica. Without being fully aware of it, she heaved a loud sigh.

"OK, Wakefield. Out with it." Todd sat straight up on the sofa and looked searchingly into Elizabeth's blue-green eyes.

"Out with what?" Elizabeth asked.

"What's on your mind? You're hardly paying any attention to the movie. Are you bored? You

want to see what else is on?"

"No, this is--fine," Elizabeth said falteringly.

"But you're not fine. Come on, Liz, it's me, Todd. I thought you could tell me anything."

"Oh, Todd. It's nothing. I guess my thoughts were someplace else."

He unfolded his long frame, stood, and walked over to flip off the set.

"That's been happening a lot lately. Are your thoughts some place else, or on someone else?"

Someone else? Todd couldn't think that! She hadn't been interested in another guy since the day

she met Todd.

She looked at Todd's back. He wouldn't face her. Elizabeth rose slowly from the sofa, walked

over to Todd, and put her hand on his arm. "Todd, please look at me!"

It seemed like forever, but Todd finally turned toward Elizabeth. His mouth was set and grim.

"How could you think that there was someone else? You know how I feel about you, Todd." She put up a hand to touch his cheek.

"I know how I feel about you, Liz," he said, not moving to touch her. "I know I love you. I thought you loved me."

"Oh, Todd." She sighed, wrapping her arms around his waist and pulling him close to her. "I love you. You have to believe that."

Elizabeth felt Todd as he put his strong arms around her, hugging her tightly. "When we hold each other like this, I believe you. But you had me scared."

"Scared? You? The star basketball player of Sweet Valley High is scared by little old me?" she teased. "I'd better run right down to the Oracle office and have them stop the presses."

Todd's response was a tender kiss. "If the opposing team had five beautiful blonds exactly like you, I'd be helpless," he confessed when they finished their embrace. "But that'd be impossible, because there is no one exactly like you, Liz."

Todd moved back to the sofa, Elizabeth settling next to him. He placed a large hand on her knee

and then said sternly, "OK, Elizabeth Wakefield, talk."

"Talk?"

"You're not in love with someone else."

"Never!"

"But something is driving you up the wall, right?"

Elizabeth wished he weren't so quick to sense when she was upset.

"Not really, Todd. It's just that I've been busy with--with things." That didn't sound believable even to her. She silently cursed herself for getting so involved with the cheering tryouts that she had neglected the people she cared about most---first Enid, now Todd.

"Things," Todd repeated. "These

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