Playing Hooky with the Hottie (How to Catch a Crush Book 3) by Maggie Dallen

Author:Maggie Dallen [Dallen, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-04T18:30:00+00:00

As if a dare would work.

Hrmph.

“Did you just harrumph?” Emma asked. We were on our way to school the next day, and she was watching me from the passenger’s seat.

“What?”

“You just made a noise that sounded like ‘hurrumph’.” She made this weird huffing noise with her nose afterward that had me staring over at her as I stopped at a red light.

“What is wrong with you?”

She grinned and punched my arm. “No, the question is...what is wrong with you? You’ve been lost in thought since you picked me up. And now you’re making crotchety old man noises. What’s going on?”

I tapped my fingers against the wheel. There was nothing to even talk about really. It wasn’t like I was actually going to skip school like some sort of deviant.

What? Are you too scared? He’d been teasing as he walked backwards toward the exit. If you decide you’ve got the guts to do something about this crush of yours, I’ll see you in the morning.

“Okay, now you’re growling,” Emma said, snapping me out of the memory.

I whipped my head to the side. “What?”

Her eyes were wide and filled with delight. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you so distracted, Hazel Daly.” She crossed her arms. “What is it? Did your crush take notice of those pictures and realize you are the hottest piece in town?”

I rolled my eyes at her teasing. But a second later, as the light turned green, I mumbled. “He did, actually.”

She straightened with a gasp. “He did?!”

I nodded, a smile tugging my lips at the memory of Justin’s comment. I didn’t think I was imagining the flirty look in his eyes.

“Are you going to tell me who he is yet?” she whined.

I debated it for a second because there was a part of me that really wanted to spill. “Justin Haverneck,” I finally muttered.

“I knew it!” she crowed.

I shot her a look, and she sobered. “Okay, fine, I guessed it was a guy from the swim team. That’s the only time you interact with people who are not me or our friends.”

“Yeah, well...he noticed the pictures.”

She grinned and swatted my arm. “Of course he did, you sexy thing! So what’s the problem?”

I fidgeted in my seat. “Will wants to do more.”

“More...photos?” she asked. “That’s great.”

Was it great? Maybe. I mean, I hadn’t actually thought this could work, but I’d underestimated how easy it was to sell a falsehood on social media. “It just seems wrong.”

I blurted out the truth that had been nagging at me all day yesterday, making it impossible to really revel in the success or even truly enjoy the fact that for once Justin had looked at me like maybe I wasn’t just another one of his teammate buddies.

“How so?” she asked.

“It feels like a lie.” I bit my lip as I looked at her. “I don’t like to lie.”

“You don’t?” Emma’s feigned shock was not amusing, but she laughed at her own joke. “Tell me something I don’t know, Girl Scout.”

I shrugged. “I mean it.

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