My Worst Best Friend by Dyan Sheldon

Author:Dyan Sheldon [Sheldon, Dyan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781406330465
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Published: 2010-04-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

My Dad Starts Getting Curious and

Savanna Decides She’s in Love

So, after all my anxiety and worry and guilt, it turned out to be a really ace night. We hung out at Marilouise’s till midnight, playing pool and talking. We laughed a lot. Normally when a few of us got together, Savanna was pretty much the centre of the group, but I don’t think any of us actually felt there was anything missing. I definitely didn’t. I felt kind of guilty about that, too, of course, but I know I wasn’t missing Savanna. It wasn’t something I’d have said out loud or anything, but I had the sneaky feeling that I’d had a better time than I would have if Savanna hadn’t abandoned ship. And I had a hunch that Marilouise did, too. Like me, she was a ten-watt bulb next to Savanna’s spotlight – it gave her a chance to shine. Who could have guessed that beneath her quiet, dull surface, Marilouise was really a pool shark with a killer sense of humour?

But I was still pretty glad to get home. Triumphant. I couldn’t wait to talk to Savanna. I figured she was going to be as over the moon as I was. Mission accomplished and everybody happy – even me. And something else. After spending the night with Archie, I was feeling really bad for him. I wanted to talk to Savanna about that, too.

The person I didn’t want to talk to right then was Robert Mooney. Since I’d done more lying that night than the spokesman for a lumber company in the Amazon does in a week, I was hoping to get to my room without having to do any more.

I should have known my luck couldn’t last.

My dad was in the living room, reading homework papers. Which means he was waiting up for me in his old-fashioned, caveman way. He raised his head as I shut the door behind me. “Have a good time, honey?”

At least I could start out with the truth.

“Yeah, I did. I had a really good time.” I headed for the stairs. “But I’m beat. I didn’t realize how late it was.”

“What about the birthday girl?” asked my dad. “She have a good time, too?”

I grabbed hold of the banister. “Yeah, she had a really good time, too.” I yawned.

But my dad is nothing if not thorough.

“And Savanna?”

I was willing to bet that she’d also enjoyed tonight. Which meant that, technically, I was still telling the truth. “Yeah, she had a really good time, too.”

“So where is she?” He cocked his head like he was listening for something. “I thought she was staying over.”

She was – when we were spending the night together with Marilouise. But I’d been so relieved that things had gone well that I’d forgotten that part. Which meant that I had no excuse ready. Unfortunately. Because I couldn’t tell my father that Savanna hadn’t been with me because he’d want to know why, and (the truth being completely out of the question) there was no way I could say that it was because she was sick.

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