Going Wild by Lisa McMann

Author:Lisa McMann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 28

Best Friends

The girls awoke on Saturday morning to the sound of Maria’s phone ringing. It played the theme from Spider-Man, which meant it was Mac calling. Maria sat up and squinted as sunlight streamed in through the space between the shade and the window. She looked around, bewildered, before locating her phone and answering it.

“Hey,” she mumbled. “What’s up?”

“Where are you?” Mac spoke harshly, and loud enough for Charlie to hear.

“I’m at Charlie’s. I slept over. What’s—”

“Well, guess where I am?”

Maria pushed her mussed hair off her forehead. “I have no idea.”

“I texted you like five times.”

“I just woke up,” said Maria. “Where are you?”

“I’m in the movie theater lobby, waiting for you. The movie started five minutes ago.”

Maria’s eyes widened. “Crap,” she said. “I— What time is it?”

Mac’s voice was cold. “Five minutes after the movie started.”

“Sorry,” Maria said, cringing. She scrambled to her feet and began looking around for her things. “I’ll be there as soon as I can.”

“Forget it. It’s too late now.” Mac hung up.

Maria stared at her phone, quickly scanning the flurry of texts, and then called him back. He didn’t answer.

“What’s going on?” asked Charlie.

“Ugh,” Maria said, pulling her hair out of its ponytail and smoothing it down. “I totally forgot to meet Mac. He’s been waiting for me at the movie theater.”

“I’m sorry,” said Charlie, biting her lip. “He sounded mad from what I could hear. Want me to go with you?”

“Nah.” Maria grabbed Cringe 3 from Charlie’s desk and slipped into her shoes. “Well, maybe,” she said, grabbing a brush from Charlie’s dresser and redoing her ponytail. “Do you mind?”

“Of course not.” Charlie hopped out of bed and hurried to get ready, and soon the girls were on the move.

By the time they got there the movie was sold out, so they played video games in the lobby until it was over. “He’ll be the last one out,” Maria said. “We always stay through all the credits in case there’s an extra scene.”

Finally Mac rounded the corner of the theater, slam-dunking his half-full popcorn bucket into the garbage can before he saw the girls.

He frowned. “What are you doing here?”

“Waiting for you,” Maria said. “We tried to get tickets, but it was sold out.”

Mac folded his arms and looked from one girl to the other.

A boy across the lobby hooted at Mac. “Your girlfriend showed up after all!” he called.

Maria whirled around and stared down the boy. “Shut your pie hole, Mendez!” she shouted at him.

“Knock it off, Maria,” Mac said sharply.

“What? He was being gross.”

“I don’t need you to stand up for me. Sheesh. Ignore that jerk.”

Charlie shrank back a little and pretended to look at the display of Jujyfruits and licorice whips inside the snack case.

“Excuse me?” said Maria. “I’ll stand up for my friends whenever I feel like it.”

Mac snorted. “Or maybe you’ll just stand them up and forget that you go to the ten-o’clock movie every Saturday morning with your best friend.”

“I said I was sorry,” Maria said.

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