Pride - 3 by Robin Wasserman

Author:Robin Wasserman [Wasserman, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fiction, Interpersonal Relations, General, Social Issues, Friendship, Man-Woman Relationships, Ghosts, Schools, School & Education, Love & Romance, Adolescence, Horror Stories, Family & Relationships, Dating & Sex, High Schools, Interpersonal Relations in Adolescence, High School Students, Jealousy
ISBN: 9780689877841
Google: 5BTPsW65mrkC
Amazon: 0689877846
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2006-03-21T07:00:00+00:00

I used to be the perfect student, the perfect daughter, the perfect girlfriend. Then my boyfriend dumped me, I tanked the SATs—and now I don’t know who I am or what I’m doing. I do know that I stil want a future, and I want it away from here—and that if you take a chance on me, it just might pay off.

Wel … it was a start.

Just not a good one.

Merciful y, the phone rang, and although Beth had promised herself no breaks until she’d finished a draft, she leaped to answer it.

“Hey, it’s me—what are you doing?”

Beth wondered—was it strange that she’d been dating Kane for over a month and a part of her stil found it a little bizarre that he was a part of her life, that they spoke so often that she was expected to recognize his voice? She did, of course—but something about the casual intimacy stil threw her off. She just wished she knew why. “Working.” She sighed.

“Sort of.”

“It’s Christmas,” he pointed out.

“Don’t remind me. My brothers are on a massive sugar high from al the candy canes. From the sound of it, they’re having some kind of shouting contest.”

“I know, I can hear it.”

“What? Where—” Beth went over to her window and looked out. Sure enough, Kane was lounging against a tree. He smirked at the sight of her and gave her a languid wave.

“What are you doing out there?” she asked, laughing. “Do you want to come in?”

“Actual y…” And in that pause, Beth was reminded of how much Kane hated her house. He’d never said anything, of course, but whenever he stepped inside, she could tel it got to him—the noise, the clutter, the size (or lack thereof). It didn’t usual y bother her, but when Kane was there, it felt like a zoo—she was just glad he didn’t think of her as one of the animals.

“I was hoping you could come out and play,” he said, affecting an innocent little-boy voice.

Beth giggled.

“I’ve got al this stuff to do, my essay—”

“Just for a little break? I’m booooored,” he whined.

“Wel … I do have to give you your Christmas present,” she mused. “And maybe if it were just a quick break.”

“You can’t resist me,” Kane boasted and, giving her another wave, snapped his phone shut. Beth shook her head. For whatever reason, it was true.

Victory. He’d gotten her away from her work and out of the house—but was it normal that those be such major triumphs? Never having had a real girlfriend before, Kane didn’t real y have any idea how often you were supposed to see her or what you were supposed to do when you did—and with Adam stil pouting, he didn’t have anyone to ask.

While he hadn’t gotten everything—or real y, anything—he’d wanted out of Beth up in the mountains, Kane was no quitter, not when it came to beautiful women. And then there was the disconcerting fact that he was actual y enjoying her company—ful y clothed, out of bed, inches of space between them, and he stil wanted her around.

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