The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley

Author:Robin Talley [Talley Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Odile tucks her hair behind her ear. “Wow, that’s . . . wow. Okay.”

Yeah. Now that I’m looking at it, I’ve moved around this diagram a lot.

I should probably play it cool, but once again all the rules I usually try so hard to follow fly away in Odile’s presence and my mouth spews out exactly what I’m thinking. “Do you think I’m a slut or something?”

“What? No!” She sits up straight, her eyes flashing. “I’m so sorry if I made you think that. I hate that word. But no, I was just thinking about how I’m a lot less popular than you.”

“Um, that’s the opposite of true. You’re legitimately famous. You’re the most popular person in the entire school.”

Her smile fades, and I suddenly remember how just a couple of days ago she was telling me about how isolated she feels. I swallow, trying to think of something else I can say to make up for it. “Well, if it makes you feel any better, I’m a virgin.”

Oh my God, I really need to work on my self-control. I clap my hands over my face and cringe into my seat.

But Odile only laughs. “Saving yourself for marriage?”

I look up and laugh too. It feels good to let out the tension. “Er, no. Just for, you know. True love or whatever.”

I’m blushing again. Hard.

“Um.” I scrunch my shoulders up around my ears, trying to play this off like it’s no big deal. I need to change the subject, fast. “I guess this is now extremely obvious, but I meant what I said about how I can’t shut up around you. Anyway, fair’s fair—I just revealed a bunch of embarrassing stuff. Now it’s your turn.”

“Fair is fair, huh?” she says, to the tune of the witch’s rap from Into the Woods.

“Now you’re the one stalling.” I straighten up in my seat, giggling.

God, I still can’t believe being around this girl makes me giggle. It doesn’t bother me as much as it did last time, though. Especially when she tucks a curl behind her ear and smiles at me.

“There’s too much embarrassing stuff about me.” She laughs. “I don’t even know where to start.”

“Yeah, right. You’ve probably never done anything embarrassing in your entire life.”

“I wish. Okay, how about this—the first time I got a phone call from my agent, I was so nervous I almost threw up.”

“Wow, you have a lot of experience with vomit, don’t you?”

She laughs again. “Apparently.”

“I’m surprised you were nervous, though. When I heard you on the phone in the bathroom that one time, you sounded like the most confident person ever.”

“Yeah, well . . .” She turns back to face forward. Ms. Marcus is talking to Kadie by the wing and David is stage center with Beth, spinning his pirate hat and watching Odile and me. Hmm. “I have different voices I use for different occasions. Sometimes it feels like I’m different people for different occasions.”

That makes me forget all about David. “What do you mean, different people?”

“It’s something I started doing when I was younger.

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