Nothing by Annie Barrows

Author:Annie Barrows
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00

Frankie Has Her Own Pre-Party

“So? Are you guys going to be a thing now?” asked Charlotte, busily stirring a mountain of sugar into her latte.

Frankie coughed foam. “What?”

“You and Chris,” said Charlotte, still not looking at her.

“No!” Frankie said loudly. She put her cup down. “Why would you say that?”

Charlotte looked up. “I don’t know. Maybe you’re like, fiending for him and you forgot to tell me.”

Frankie’s eyes narrowed. “Are you pissed at me? For hooking up with Chris? Which, by the way, I wasn’t.”

“I’m not pissed,” Charlotte said crisply. “You told me he was a dick, but I guess you don’t think that anymore.”

Frankie turned a little red. “Excuse me? What the hell, Char? I mean, okay, I made out with Chris, but we were mostly just talking, and I don’t see why you’re tripping about it anyway.”

“Talking, yeah, right,” Charlotte said sarcastically.

“Fuck you, we were. We were actually talking about something that happened in English.” Frankie folded her arms across her chest and glared at Charlotte. “I repeat, what’s your problem?”

“I was just asking if you’re going to be a thing now.”

“And I said no. We’re not. Were you a thing with Aidan after Gaby’s party?”

Now Charlotte flushed. “That was a long time ago.”

“August.”

Charlotte didn’t reply. She slid her latte back and forth over the tiny, dirty table. “I’m sorry,” she said finally. “I guess I feel like there’s stuff you’re not telling me and it makes me feel bad.”

Frankie frowned. “There’s nothing I’m not telling you.”

Charlotte rolled her eyes. “St. Albans?”

“Oh. Yeah. That. I knew you’d get upset, that’s all.”

“But that’s what I mean,” said Charlotte. “I got more upset when I found out, because you hadn’t told me.”

Frankie nodded. “I can’t think of anything else I haven’t told you. Nothing’s happened. Nothing’s happening. It’s not like I have a thrilling secret life, Char.” She sighed. “I wish.”

Charlotte looked down at the table. “I know you want me to be more exciting.”

“Hello?” said Frankie. “I don’t give a shit about whether you’re exciting. I wish I was more exciting.”

Charlotte laughed and relaxed against the back of her chair. “Good to know, dawg. So. No Chris?”

Frankie laughed, too. “Nah. He’s better than I thought, though. I mean, he does have some good opinions about things. But I don’t think he’s into me anyway.”

“He looked pretty into you.”

“Well, maybe a little. But not long-term.” Frankie snickered. “When he was, like, hugging me, he said, ‘Dang, you’re boney, girl.’”

“He did not!” Charlotte yelped.

“No, it was okay. It was funny. I mean, I laughed and so did he. But he’s not that into me. It’s okay. I’m not that into him, either.”

For a few minutes, they drank their lattes and looked at their phones in companionable silence. “Eden’s okay,” said Charlotte, reading.

“Does she remember what happened?” asked Frankie.

“Not much. Think I should tell her?” asked Charlotte.

Frankie nibbled the edge of her cup, thinking. “I don’t know. You think she’d stop drinking that shit if she knew?”

Charlotte shrugged. “Got me. Who knows what Eden would do about anything?” She paused.

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