Sealed with a Diss 8 by Lisi Harrison

Author:Lisi Harrison [Sealed & Diss, a]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-30T20:56:47+00:00

Had he been hoping to run into her, or was his old stylish self coming back? Either way, it was good news.

“What have you done with Layne?” He turned the key and started the car, making it clear that it didn’t really matter.

“She’s fine.” Massie put a little more pressure on the tube of lip gloss. “Now drive. And don’t stop until you get to Forest and Main.”

Chris backed out of the parking space and Massie searched for her favorite radio station, as if playing his copilot was something she did every day. Once she heard Justin Timber-lake’s latest single, she cranked up the volume, rolled down the window, and sang along, wishing the girls at OCD could see her now.

Fluffy clouds spread over the sky like cashmere lint balls on last year’s winter-white sweater. The air smelled freshly washed from the earlier afternoon rain, and the tree-studded streets glistened like a fresh blowout. It felt like they were driving through a commercial for new beginnings.

“Wait!” Massie gripped the black leather hand rest. “You’re in the ninth grade, right?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Then how can you drive?”

“It’s easy.” He smiled softly, exposing an ah-dorable white fang at the side of his mouth. “I hit the gas when I want to go and brake when I want to stop. The rest of the time I pray I don’t hit anyone.”

“Aw-nestly?” Massie’s heart revved.

“Yeah, why?” He turned to her, practically searing her lashes with his fiery blue eyes.

“Ummmm.” Massie stalled while considering her next move. If she seemed afraid, he wouldn’t think she was cool. If she seemed shocked, he wouldn’t think she was cool. If she did anything other than high-five him for being such an outlaw, he wouldn’t think she was cool.

“I love it!” She lifted her palm.

He lifted his.

They met and slapped. Electric currents shot up her arm.

He tilted his head back and cracked up. “You’re cool for a girl.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” She tried not to sound like she was shopping for compliments, even though she was.

“It means, when I told Fawn I drove illegally she practically jumped out of the car.”

“Why would she do that?” Massie dug her nails into the bottom of her seat. “It seems like you know what you’re doing.”

“I do.” He grinned.

“How?”

“I have my license.”

Massie searched his face for an explanation. He revealed nothing.

“How?” She giggle-insisted.

“I was held back a year for causing trouble. That’s why I got shipped off to boarding school in London.” He side-glanced at her, then quickly turned his attention back to the road.

“Satisfied?”

She felt herself smile. “You don’t seem like a troublemaker.”

“You don’t seem like a kidnapper.”

“You’re funny,” Massie accidentally giggle-blurted, then blushed. She turned to the window to hide her cheeks and focused on a blond skateboarder rumbling down the rain-slicked sidewalk. He looked a little like Derrington.

She thought about her supposed boyfriend—a goofy, makes-you-wanna-laugh-out-loud kind of guy—and suddenly wondered if she had been selling herself short. After all, Chris was clever, Abercrombie hot, a licensed driver, and all around more mature.

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