Drawn to Him: A Romance Collection by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 2

Emily

What does a girl wear for Friday night drinks with Kyle Jordan Prescott?

Nothing in my wardrobe, that’s for sure. My bed is hidden from view underneath a pile of discarded clothes as Mum knocks at my bedroom door and heads on in. She clears a space amongst the fabric and sits herself down.

“What about your old prom dress?” she asks and I sigh.

“Overkill for the Three Feathers, don’t you think?” I take the sparkly plum number from the hanger and hold it up to myself. “Like it would still fit anyway.”

“It might,” she lies, and it makes me laugh. I toss the dress on the pile and take one of my regular blouses from the rail. It’s nice enough. Plain white, with a polka dot pussy bow. It’s preppy and cute, if you like that kind of thing.

I can’t imagine Kyle Prescott likes that kind of thing, but it will have to do. I pull my best pair of black jeans from my chest of drawers and Mum nods.

“It’s good to be yourself,” she says. “If he doesn’t like you as you, he’s not worth your time.”

It amuses me that she could believe for one single second this is anything more than a guy passing a weekend in a sleepy town. This isn’t a date – Kyle must either be reflecting fondly on his school years and giving my memory in them more kudos than I ever had in real life, or he’s bored enough back home to take company wherever he can find it.

Not that he’d struggle for company anywhere. Ever.

I wish my fluttering heart would get the memo that this is nothing more than a one-off social anomaly.

“I’ll drive you down, so you can drink,” Mum offers and it makes me smile. Let’s be honest, nobody really wants to move back into their old bedroom at their parents’ house with their tail between their legs, even if their old collection of Point Horror paperbacks are still on the shelf there, but it really hasn’t been so bad being home.

“Thanks,” I say, “but I can walk. It’s not far.”

“You’ll text me when you want a ride home though? I don’t want you walking back late alone.” She pauses. “If you’re walking back late at all.”

I laugh out loud. “I’ll be heading home, Mum.” I dig a copy of Hotties magazine from a pile of paperwork on top of my dresser and hold it up for her to see. “You have to look like this to score a night in Kyle’s bed. I’m hardly his type.”

She stares at the cover, taking in the image of the perfect blonde draped all over him.

“That’s Photoshopped.”

“Not that Photoshopped.” I put it back on top of the pile. “It’s just an old time catch-up, nothing more. We’ll probably be done in an hour.”

“Even if you are,” she says. “Text me.”

She leaves me alone to get ready, and in the quiet privacy of my bedroom I put on more makeup than I ever remember wearing.

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