Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

Author:Jennifer Dugan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2019-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

“How did it go with you and Nick?”

Seeley and I are sitting at the way-back breakroom table, trying to inhale our lunches before break is over. I shrug. “He wants to have a bake sale.”

“A bake sale? A bake sale to raise two million dollars?”

“Hey, don’t make fun of him.” I feel a little protective now, like I saw a side of him most people don’t, a peek behind the curtain or whatever. It’s kind of making me feel a little weird about this whole scheme now, to be honest.

Seeley frowns and takes another bite of her fries. I got the salad today, I don’t know why, I really wanted pizza. I stab a bit of lettuce with my fork and swirl it around in the dressing until it’s smothered.

“Noted.” She sighs. “I won’t tease your little lover boy anymore.”

“He’s not.” I blush hard when the word “lover” sends my thoughts spinning in fuzzy directions.

“Not yet anyway,” she says, like it’s a forgone conclusion. I appreciate the vote of confidence.

“He said you guys talk about me.” I take another bite, studying her face.

“I have to sell it,” she says. “You want it to seem legit, right? Believable?”

“What do you say?”

“I dunno.” She scratches the back of her neck and looks back at me. “Just stuff.”

“What kind of stuff?”

“I don’t know.” She widens her eyes, craning her neck the way she does whenever someone really gets on her nerves. “We just talk about school and stuff, and sometimes you come up.”

“He thinks you really love me.”

Seeley laughs. “You’re basically my sister, Lou—of course I love you.”

“Right, obviously,” I say, and I don’t know why I feel a little disappointed, but I do. It’s not that I want her to love-me-love-me or anything, that would be weird, but it’s more like the idea of someone as incredible as Seeley being in love with me is kind of nice or whatever. I don’t know.

“If you’re upset that I talk to Nick about you, I’ll stop. We never really talked about boundaries or anything, so I’ve been winging it.”

“No, it’s okay,” I say, leaning into her so our shoulders bump. “How was your ride with his other half?”

“It was—”

Angie chooses that exact second to come walking up, standing in front of our table with her hand on her hip. “Is it true?”

Seeley looks at me like she wants to disappear, and I raise my shoulders a little and shake my head. “Hi, Angie. What’s up?” I say, right as Seeley kicks me under the table.

“What’s up?” She seethes. “What’s up? How about what’s up with you setting me up on a date with the girl you’re seeing?”

Oh shit. “I didn’t, we weren’t—”

“This is really new,” Seeley says, jumping in. “I was going to tell you, I swear. I was trying to figure out the best way.”

“The best way? The best way would have been to be honest.” Angie turns to look at her, her face furious. “You used your sick grandmother as an excuse all week, when really you were blowing me off because you already had a girlfriend.

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