Boy Crazy by Hailey Abbott

Author:Hailey Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Cassie couldn’t believe she was actually doing this. She squinted at herself in the small mirror over the employee toilet in the back of bike shop and gave her hair another tousle on the off chance doing so would give it a little body.

Greta would be horrified. Cassie knew she would. And Cassie knew that she should be horrified herself—except that wasn’t how she felt at all.

Because, she’d decided during her afternoon tour, she had this covered. She’d taken what Greta had told her to heart. She couldn’t be played if she already knew the game. She was the one in control.

Cassie pulled the little red American Apparel dress out of her backpack and wondered if Keagan had been psychic when she’d suggested Cassie pack it “for emergencies.”

“You never know when something might come up,” she’d told Cassie. “And do you really want to go to some cool Catalina party in your bike shorts?”

Thank God for Keagan, she thought then, pulling the stretchy dress over her head. A whole wardrobe in one dress, Greta had called it when she’d encouraged Cassie to buy it. Cassie fussed around for a moment, finally deciding to wear it as a halter. The dark red material cupped her chest and swirled above her knees, making her feel flirty and delicious. A pair of flip-flops finished the outfit, and Cassie was amazed at how much prettier she felt just by changing her clothes. She looked at her reflection. When she was on her bike, unafraid to get grimy and really push herself, she felt tough and strong. And now, because she was wearing a pretty dress and about to meet a cute—if dangerous—boy for dinner, she felt a whole different kind of powerful.

Either way, she liked it.

Cassie let herself out the back of the bike shop, glad Billy had trusted her enough to give her a key. Okay, he’d trusted her within fifteen seconds, claiming he could read her aura, but whatever. She took a deep breath in the back lot, trying to settle herself down. She didn’t know why she was so nervous—

Well, yes, she did.

And that reason was waiting for her out in front of the shop. He smiled when he saw her coming, and moved toward her out of the lengthening shadows. Cassie felt her breath leave her in a rush.

“You changed,” Trey said. “I’m dressed like a scumbag, and you look gorgeous. How is that fair?”

“I thought I told you a long time ago,” Cassie replied easily, thinking of the tiny pink crown. “I’m the queen.” Inside, she thrilled to the word gorgeous and replayed it over and over again.

“I remember,” Trey said, his voice warm and appreciative.

Side by side, they walked down the street toward Crescent Avenue, which was still bustling in the late afternoon shadows. An odd silence fell between them. Cassie sneaked a look over at Trey, and he met her gaze. She felt herself blush, but Trey only smiled.

“I thought we could grab something to eat,” Trey said.

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