Tangled #3 by Taylor Morris

Author:Taylor Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2011-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

When I walked into the cafeteria for lunch, I spotted Eve sitting alone at the table. I looked around and saw that Kristen and Lizbeth were sitting at the boys’ table again. Oh well. I guess since they’d have to pull themselves away from the guys for the night, it didn’t matter that they’d ditched us for lunch.

Walking toward our usual table, I tried to catch eyes with the girls. They never looked my way. They were so buried in giggling convo that they wouldn’t have noticed a fire drill.

“Hey,” I said, sitting down beside Eve. “Where are Jonah and Kyle?”

Say detention! I thought.

“Hey, Mick,” she smiled. Nodding behind her, she said, “They’re in line.”

I looked over and saw them picking out sides for their lunches. I didn’t have a lot of time before they came over, and I couldn’t ask her to abandon Jonah on a Friday night in front of him. He’d probably remind her that she’d lost some new bet in which she had to take him to dinner at Antonio’s.

“So!” I said brightly as I took a fruit salad out of my lunch bag. I wanted to tell her how hurt I was at being ignored again yesterday, but decided that I should instead concentrate on moving forward with my and Kyle’s plan. If we were successful, I wouldn’t have to worry about her ditching me like that anymore. “We’re all meeting at the salon at seven tonight for a girls’ night. We’re going to the mall to see a movie and then do some shopping at Sephora. Poor Lizbeth made the tragic mistake of wearing green eye shadow. Next thing you know she’ll be curling her bangs!”

“Sounds fun,” she said. “Hope you guys have a good time.”

“Want to come with us?” I asked. I wiggled my eyebrows up and down, hoping she’d get the hint that she should come with us.

“I can’t,” she replied. “Jonah and I have plans.” A grin flickered across her face, which should have told me this was hopeless, but I had to keep trying.

“What could you guys possibly be doing that’s more important than finding the perfect shadow for Lizbeth?”

“We’re going roller-skating,” she said, now with a full-on smile. And, I noticed as I peered more closely at her, a slight blush.

“Roller-skating?”

“I know it’s random.”

“Completely.”

“But I’m really excited. And you have to admit—rollerskating is fun.”

I didn’t want to admit anything right then—especially defeat. I tried another approach—guilt. “The thing is, we all haven’t been out just the four of us in a long time. Everyone’s getting so crazy over boys that I think it’s important that we take time to remember our friends. Don’t you think? It’ll be like a sisterhood bonding thing.”

“Speaking of boys,” she said, turning to me with a glance toward the lunch line. “How’d it go with Kyle yesterday?”

My stomach sank. I’d wanted to talk to her about that, but not now, in the caf as Kyle and Jonah walked over to us.

“It was fine,” I said.

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