Freefall by Mindi Scott

Author:Mindi Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Published: 2010-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9

7:17 P.M.

Kendall and I hadn’t even left my driveway yet, and the whole homecoming deal was already a pain in my ass.

“You’re going to be talking about me every chance you get, so you’ll need to remember to use the words ‘hot,’ ‘sexy,’ or the equivalent,” Kendall said as she followed me down the steps. “Also, you have to seem jealous when other guys hit on me. But not too jealous. It might get complicated if people believe we’re a true couple. And anyway, I don’t want anyone to think I have bad enough taste to be with some controlling asshole, you know?”

I was starting to think it would have been better just to pick up extra shifts at the car wash instead of putting myself through this dance crap.

“You don’t care if I think you have bad enough taste to waste your time trying to make some douchebag jealous who won’t even go out in public with you?” I asked.

Kendall wrinkled her nose. “Make sure you don’t have that expression on your face all night. People need to think we’re having a good time, or this whole thing is pointless.”

“Whatever,” I said, pulling my keys out of my pocket.

Mikey’s truck came kicking up gravel around the corner. His headlights shone in my eyes for a temporary blinding, but not before I’d seen that there were three people in the cab.

Fantastic. Now I really was wishing Kendall had stuck to our original plan and met me at the dance instead of having her mom drop her off here to ride with me. Jared and Daniel had both chilled out some since I’d talked to them after my first night closing with Mikey, a little over a week before. Still, I could have lived my whole life without them finding out about this. As far as I knew, no one had a clue about That One Night, and I wanted nothing more than to keep it that way.

Mikey gave me a wave while Jared and Daniel climbed out. Then he drove off, leaving the four of us in the driveway.

The light on our porch was bright enough to show the surprise on Jared’s and Daniel’s faces. “You two going to a dance or something?” Jared asked.

I would have thought it was obvious from our clothes. I mean, I was just wearing black pants and a button-down shirt Kendall had forced on me, but it was still a big step up from ripped jeans.

“It’s homecoming,” Kendall said, hooking her arm carefully through mine as though she didn’t want to squish the flower thing on her wrist that she’d bought for herself. “Seth asked me to be his date at the last minute.”

I glanced at her, trying to try to figure out why she’d said that, but she seemed to be making a big effort not to make eye contact with me.

“Oh Jesus,” Daniel said, laughing. “Dick sure is getting good at doing weird and unexpected shit lately, isn’t he?”

“I don’t exactly take ‘weird and unexpected’ as a compliment,” Kendall said.

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