Love and Other Secrets by Christina Mandelski

Author:Christina Mandelski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled; Crush; YA; YA romance; Teen; Teen romance, prom, best friends, opposites attract, switcheroo, wrong guy, unrequited crush, lacrosse
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Crush)
Published: 2018-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Bailey

When I saw Devon McGill get out of his Jeep with that Queen of Table Three smug expression on her face, leaving behind a shitload of balloons with Alex, my heart didn’t sink—it crashed to earth like a meteor. Not a little one that makes a tiny crater in the middle of nowhere either. I’m talking about a meteor that takes out whole cities, wipes out the population. I’m talking about an apocalypse-level event.

Now he wants to talk. What, so he can tell me that last night was a huge mistake and he’s going to the prom with Devon? No, thank you. I’ve been humiliated enough for one twenty-four-hour period.

I hurried back into school and replied to his text immediately, making it clear that I’m not hanging any hopes on some half-asleep kisses.

I wasn’t half asleep, though. I was wide awake. I still feel his lips on mine, so sweet, although now the taste is turning bitter.

Just a few hours ago, I was lying in bed, still smarting from Dad and Mom’s marathon lecture, but feeling almost optimistic. Maybe I was reading too far into the “no big deal” comment. Maybe somehow I’ve changed him and his player ways.

Ha! What an idiot. Everything about us points to non-compatibility. He’s filthy rich, I’m dirt poor. He’s so unfocused it drives me nuts, I have roughly the next fifteen years of my life planned out. He lives at the top of the EHS social food chain. I’m a bottom feeder just trying to survive.

My reply text was clear. I don’t want to hear his news, and I’m going forward with this promposal. No need for him to worry that kissing him meant something to me, even if it did.

No sir, Alex (who kissed me first, by the way). I don’t have time to talk to you. You go to the prom with Devon.

No. Big. Deal.

My phone buzzes. He’s sent me a smiley-faced emoji in response? What the—

You can suck it, Alex Koviak.

I shove my phone into my backpack and march inside the school, making it into A/V as the bell rings.

…

We have a free period to work on our short film projects, which is perfect because the deadline is coming fast. My footage so far is looking good, except for the gaping hole in the section where Caleb’s promposal will be.

I swallow hard and will myself not to think about kissing Alex. I will ask Caleb to prom. He will say yes. I’ll make a kick-ass prom film and maybe even get a boyfriend out of the deal. The memory of kissing Alex will fade. One day it will disappear.

I sit back in my chair, and for the first time in a long time, I feel a strange pressure behind my eyes. No no no no. I shake myself. You are absolutely not going to cry, sister. This project is due at the beginning of May, and it has to be perfect. I’m not going to let a bad decision distract

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.