Doll Hearts by Colleen Clayton

Author:Colleen Clayton [Clayton, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Muse Contemporary
Published: 2018-04-24T05:00:00+00:00

14.

My shift is done. I’ve decided to overlook Hutch embarrassing me on his stupid train today because he and Dana are going to the grocery store together after they drop me off at the ferry and I don’t want to cause an argument between them. Plus, to complain about it would imply that I care about the dumb lunch date with Brandon Wright, which, as previously stated, I do not. It was silly of me to think that there was anything between Brandon and me except friendship.

We drive in silence. Dana doesn’t even put on music because she’s waiting for me to start the conversation and hand over the spicy details of my day.

I refuse.

The quietness in the car becomes thick like butter. I wait them out for three whole minutes but then ultimately, because I’m a total weakling, cave to the pressure.

“I don’t think I’ll be seeing him again,” I say.

“Oh, no, was he gross?” Dana says, gripping the steering wheel and turning to me with her big blue eyes. “Did he eat with his mouth open?”

“No, not that,” I say.

“Too pushy, I bet,” Hutch says, leaning up from the back seat and nodding. “You can’t throw all your moves down at once. It turns girls off. A guy’s gotta know when to pull back and set still. Let the butterfly come to youuu.” He unfurls his hand with a flourish.

“No, Hutch, god,” I say, “There were no moves. It’s just that he’s…unavailable.”

“Gay,” Dana says, “I wouldn’t have guessed that. I’m usually pretty good at gauging that. But he is an artist, sooo…,”

“No, he’s not gay. He’s hooking up with that skater girl from Toronto. Adriana.”

“What? No!” Dana says, swerving and barely missing a mailbox. “He’s not seeing Ade the Blade, no way. I mean, is he? You think?”

“Oh, I definitely think.”

And then it’s like a gossip spigot has opened in my mouth. Everything I think about Adriana comes pouring out before I can stop it.

“Every time I’m around him, Adriana finds a way to buzz right in. She’s like a biting fly, that girl. Our lunch ended in a catastrophe of Adriana-ness. But he’s obviously into her; they’re going to that IMAX party together on The Fourth. Whatever, I’m over it.”

“Good for you,” Hutch says, patting my shoulder.

“If he’s into a diva like her, then you’re wayyy too good for him,” Dana says. “Don’t worry, though. I’ll go through the employee files tomorrow. We’ll find you a suitable match. What do you like? Frenchmen? Spaniards? Norweigans? Just about every country on the planet is represented.”

“I think I’m going to take a page from your handbook and skip it,” I say, “Summer flings are a bad idea.”

“Don’t let her jade you,” Hutch says, piping up again from the back. “Summer flings are the best. When people ask me, Hutch why do you go all the way to Ohio for the summer? invariably, the answer is summer flings.”

“You would think that, Hutch,” Dana says. “I’m sure your summer fling rotation is—,” then she stops talking; her gaze focuses in on something ahead.

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