Kissing Snowflakes by Abby Sher

Author:Abby Sher
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2007-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

No answer.

I speed-dialed again. Straight to voice mail.

Where could she be? I needed to check in with Phoebe before Drew picked me up. I was outside on the front steps of the inn, stamping my feet to keep warm. Under my jacket all I had on was a clingy black cardigan and jeans. I know, yawn. But it was the only thing I could come up with. I also blow-dried my hair upside down and did the electric socket dance. That’s when I run around shaking my head and arms as fast as I can like I’ve just been electrocuted. It’s the only way I know how to get my hair to look like it has some body to it. It never stays bouncy for very long, but it’s still fun to dance around in my underwear.

And now I really needed some Phoebe advice. What if Drew had gone home and decided he didn’t want to kiss geeks with long ears anymore? Honey Braids had looked much hipper than me. Or what if he did still want to kiss me, and do everything else, too?

I speed-dialed Phoebe again. Nothing.

I heard the front door open behind me and then a dog raced across the front lawn. I love dogs. We used to have a mutt named Simon when I was little — part terrier, part golden retriever. This one was black and tan and looked like it was some sort of mix, but I couldn’t tell, maybe Labrador, maybe husky. Anyway, he was really beautiful. And fast.

“Hey,” came a voice behind me. It was what’s-his-face — Eric.

“Hey.”

“How did skiing go today?” he asked.

“Good. We did the Pine Bluffs trail,” I said.

“Nice! That’s tricky.”

“Yeah.”

Eric threw a stick out into the snow. We both watched as the dog tore across the lawn to retrieve it, then brought it back to Eric’s feet. He threw it out again.

“Hey, listen. I just wanted to say thank you for sticking up for me this morning in front of that lady.”

“Sure, whatever.” I was thinking of reminding him that he was the one who lectured me about my temper just a few days ago, but I let it go. New Year’s Resolution: no more grudges. Except for Kathy. Okay, fewer grudges. I had a few more days before New Year’s Eve. Agh! Would I still be a virgin next year?

“So, are you, um … going out?” Eric asked.

“Yeah,” I bit my lip to keep from smiling too goofily. “Any minute now, actually.”

“With your friends from last night?”

“Yeah, some of them.”

“Drew?” Wait, how did he know Drew?

“As a matter of fact, yes.”

“Sounds like fun. Hot Toddy Tuesdays?”

“Yesss,” I said slowly. What was this, twenty questions — the unfun edition?

“Listen, Sam. This is none of my business, and I shouldn’t be butting in but — well, I don’t want you to take this the wrong way. But Drew is kind of … well, he goes out with a lot of the vacationers, and uh …”

He kicked at a small chunk of ice on the walk.

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