Claire De Lune by Christine Johnson

Author:Christine Johnson [Johnson, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9781416991823
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2010-05-18T00:18:39+00:00

Matthew shook his head. “I think probably she saw me and got suspicious, you know?”

Claire leaned her head back against the seat. “I’m so sorry, Matthew. If my mom weren’t being so stupid about al of this … ugh. I’m just sorry that I’m making you sneak around, I guess.”

Matthew shrugged. “Look, I’d rather be honest about al of this, too, but my dad has screwed up enough stuff in my life that I total y understand. And who knows? Maybe she’l change her mind once this werewolf stuff calms down.”

“I seriously doubt that. My mother doesn’t change her mind.”

“Wel , either way.” Matthew stopped at a red light. He reached over and touched her face, his hand tracing the shape of her jaw. “It’s worth it, either way.”

They drove around for a while, marveling at the fact that everything real y was closed at night. Matthew didn’t seem to be nervous about being out after dark, which surprised Claire.

“Aren’t you worried about the werewolf ?” she asked.

“Wel , we are in a car,” he pointed out. “So we’d be faster than the werewolf. But mostly, I just think that the odds of being in exactly the wrong place at exactly the wrong time—they’re pretty smal . I wouldn’t go for a hike right now, but driving around town? Nope. Not nervous about that. And anyway, you’re here, which means you must not be terrified either, right?”

A little shock zinged through Claire. She hadn’t real y considered that he would turn the question back around on her. “Um, no, I’m not. For the same reasons you just said, real y. Oh, crap!” She looked at the clock. “I’d better text Lisbeth.”

Lisbeth was pissed, but she seemed to believe that Claire was stil at Doug’s. Claire felt bad about lying to her, but, she reasoned, she wouldn’t be doing it if her mother would listen to reason. As it was, she didn’t have any other choice.

Since nothing was open, they ended up driving aimlessly around town, talking about everything and nothing at the same time. When they ended up back on Doug’s block, Claire looked at the clock. It was quarter til eleven. How had so much time gone by so fast? From the street, the music coming from inside was just a whisper of bass. Claire leaned back in the seat and sighed. She real y, real y didn’t want to go in there and face everyone, even if Matthew was with her.

He leaned over and kissed her. Claire could feel him smiling.

“Come on,” he said. “Let’s go see who’s stil conscious in there.”

“Okay,” she whispered, stil a little tingly from the feeling of his lips against hers.

If Matthew was with her, it wouldn’t be that bad. And it was only fifteen minutes, right? The two of them walked across the front lawn and into the house. There were stil smal groups of people scattered though the family room, but their conversations were louder, and there were a couple of people passed out on the couches.

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