The Cinderella Society by Kay Cassidy

Author:Kay Cassidy [Cassidy, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-11-08T16:00:00+00:00

GlitterGirl: how did it go tonight???

WillCheer4Food: dinner, great. movie, fun. first kiss, yum.

GlitterGirl: FIRST KISS?!?!?!!!!

WillCheer4Food: running into Wickeds at The Grind, disaster. no goodnight kiss.

Which wasn’t technically true, because he had kissed my cheek. But compared to the soul-searing lip-lock after the movie, it wasn’t even on the same scoreboard. Sarah Jane would understand the difference.

GlitterGirl: {{{Jess}}}

WillCheer4Food: are you embarrassed to be seen with me?

GlitterGirl: i’m sure it’s — —

GlitterGirl: what? of course not!!

I gave SJ the Tina rundown. She made all the right comforting noises (emoticons, whatever), but it didn’t make me feel any better. Neither had spilling the whole thing to Mom over a bowl of Chunky Monkey.

Boy, that had been nice, though. It was the first time Mom and I had really talked in what seemed like forever. It made me remember how cool she could be when she wasn’t obsessing about the twins.

But our talk hadn’t changed my mind about Ryan. No matter how many people told me it wasn’t me, I knew better.

It was Dan Carter all over again. I’d let myself get sucked into the fairy tale with him too. But in my defense, what was I supposed to think when Dan hung out with me all summer, flirting and sneaking kisses? It’s not like he ever said, “Oh, and by the way? If you can’t hang with the Chosen Few come September, I’m ditching you like last year’s soccer cleats.”

I mean, when the big brush-off happens once, you can chalk it up to the guy being a loser. Which I did. In red Sharpie across his yearbook picture.

But here I was—new town, new guy—and it was like Dan: The Sequel. Ryan’s mind-blowing kiss in the parking lot snuffed out by the cold shoulder I’d gotten when we’d crossed paths with the evil ones. When would I ever learn? I might as well have gullible tattooed on my forehead.

No Wicked chatter.

I braced myself, determined not to give in to the pity party I could feel brewing. I’d been to that party enough to know that no one cool ever crashes it.

I wrapped up with SJ, not wanting to prolong my misery, and was about to shut down when another IM knocked the wind out of me.

First&Goal: jess?

I stared at the screen. I’d taken my Internet safety class like a good little doobie and knew better than to respond to an unknown IM. But could it be …?

First&Goal: it’s ryan

How did he get my screen name? More to the point, why in the heck was he IMing me at almost midnight? Like he hadn’t already done enough damage to my fragile ego? Or was this Lexy and Morgan having a little fun at my expense?

WillCheer4Food: what did you eat tonight?

First&Goal: spinach dip (hot IS better), chicken jambalaya, and too much popcorn

Yep. Definitely Ryan.

First&Goal: i hope it’s okay to IM u … cass gave me your screen name … do u mind?

WillCheer4Food: that depends. are you IMing to break my heart a second time?

I know. I deleted that before I hit Send.

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