Only in Your Dreams by Cecily Von Ziegesar

Author:Cecily Von Ziegesar [Ziegesar, Cecily Von]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, High Schools, Schools, Juvenile Fiction, United States, Social Issues, Interpersonal Relations, School & Education, Friendship, Lifestyles, New York (N.Y.), People & Places, Adolescence, Dating & Sex
ISBN: 9781616815318
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2010-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

tea for two

“You okay?” Vanessa asked Dan. He was sprawled across his bed, wincing in pain. There were Camel butts all over the worn brown carpet, as if he couldn’t be bothered to get up and get one of the half-empty coffee mugs he usually used as an ashtray.

“Fuuuuu-uuuck,” he muttered. “I think I pulled something.”

Vanessa picked up the dog-eared beige copy of the Bhagavad Gita from his unmade bed. She knew it was some sacred Indian text, but she’d never had any interest in finding out any more about it. Then she noticed Dan was working on a poem in his big black notebook. He rolled over onto his back.

“Whatcha writing?” she asked, reaching for the notebook. She read the first couple of lines:

Pure love. Pure lust. Trust trust.

Buddha was no Jesus. Neither am I.

I’m just a guy.

News flash: Bikram yoga kills creative brain cells, causing poets who already write bad poetry to write really bad poetry.

“You can’t read that!” Dan snatched the notebook out of her hands. “It’s, um, private.”

“Do you want some tea?” he asked, sitting up. “I just bought some Mint Meltdown. It’s supposed to empty the body of toxins and help your body really breathe.”

Vanessa snorted. “You’re joking, right?”

“Come on.” Dan yawned. He rose to his feet unsteadily, and Vanessa followed him out of the bedroom and down the dark hall, moving at a grandfather’s pace through the swinging door into the kitchen, which was filled with stacks of dirty dishes. There were breadcrumbs all over the counter and the toaster was lying on its side. Rufus had left a fondue pot filled with cheese in the middle of the butcher-block island. Vanessa took a fork and poked at its thick skin while Dan microwaved two mugs full of water.

Dan dropped two bags of Mint Meltdown into the mugs and handed her one. Vanessa tried to catch his eye, but weirdly, he wouldn’t look at her. This was partly due to the fact that Vanessa looked pretty in her new black cap-sleeve dress and partly because he was wracked with guilt for getting sweaty with Bree and not even mentioning anything about it to his supposed girlfriend.

“So,” she began tentatively. “I feel like I’ve hardly seen you.”

“I’ve been working a lot,” he replied, burying his nose in his mug. “They really need me at the Strand. And I’ve made some new friends.”

Vanessa chuckled. “I guess the high-stakes world of used-book retail never quits.” Why was he acting so bizarre? She’d been able to tell he was disappointed a couple days ago about her working such long hours, but ever since she moved in they’d been like new roommates who didn’t even know each other.

“You don’t have to be rude,” Dan countered, tapping his spoon against the top of his BEAT POETS DO IT ON THE ROAD travel mug. “Judgment leads but to the path of negative energy.”

“Excuse me?” Vanessa whispered shrilly. “Could you run that by me again?”

“I don’t expect you to understand.” He sipped his tea even though it was still scalding hot.

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