The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Catherine Hapka

Author:Catherine Hapka
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2008-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

“The More Than Friends Theory,” Allie said.

“What?” Nick and I both looked up from our burgers.

The three of us were sitting in one of the deep, private window booths at the Elf Street Diner, eating dinner and talking over that afternoon’s disastrous skating party. A reggae version of “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” was rolling softly out of the speaker over our table, doing a pretty good job of drowning out the conversations of the other customers and the rattles and clinks of the cooks and waitresses at work.

“It’s just what it sounds like.” Allie reached for a french fry from the communal plate in the center of our table. “We all agree that what’s needed here is to remind Cam of what he’s missing by being just friends, right?”

“Sure, I guess,” I replied. Nick shrugged.

“Okay,” Allie went on. “Then the More Than Friends Theory states that you have to show him what he’s missing by being ‘just friends.’ You know, by being sexy. Seducing him. That kind of thing.”

Nick laughed. “Yeah, right,” he said sarcastically, looking me up and down. “That’s going to happen.”

“Shut up.” I had to admit I wasn’t exactly looking the part of seductress at the moment, dressed as I was in a pair of plaid flannel pants and one of my dad’s shabby old University of Wisconsin sweatshirts. But that wasn’t really the point. “He’s kind of right, though, Allie. That doesn’t exactly sound like me. Or like Cam, for that matter.”

Allie dipped her fry in ketchup. “That’s what you said about him liking Jaylene. Anyway, desperate times call for desperate measures. How many dates are they up to now, anyway?”

“Five,” I said before I could stop myself. “Um, but who’s counting? Anyway, I’m still not convinced on this Dozen Dates thing in the first place, or—What?” I interrupted myself as Allie’s eyes widened.

“Five? But that means the next date is number six.”

“And people say I’m good at math,” I teased.

She shook her head. “No, listen, Lexi. I’ve been working some more on the Dozen Dates Theory. According to the Halfway Point Addendum, your task gets harder from date six on. Um, you know, exponentially.”

“Expressing your theories in mathematical terms now, are you?” I commented with a laugh, reaching for the salt. “I guess it’s always important to know your audience. Did you learn that from Oprah?”

Nick chortled, but Allie didn’t even crack a smile. “I’m serious, Lexi. You need to do something.”

I stopped laughing. “Do you think I don’t know that? It’s killing me to think that I might have messed things up with Cam for good. You know that.”

“I know.” Her expression softened. “But see, that’s exactly why you need to be willing to try whatever it takes to get him back. And we all know that guys think mostly with their hormones.” Ignoring Nick’s snort, she went on, “So our best bet is to let him see you in some supersexy outfit that will remind him of just how attracted he is to you.

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