You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Author:Leah Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.


“Why didn’t you tell me your cousin was your cousin?” I ask once we step out of Sub Zero on Mass Ave with two milkshakes—one chocolate chip cookie dough and the other white chocolate with dulce de leche.

She takes a sip and looks at me over her eyelashes. “Honestly?”

“Always.”

“I didn’t want it to seem like I was trying too hard to impress you, you know?”

We’re walking in the opposite direction of the venue and the car, and I don’t even mind the fact that it is absolutely too cold outside to be drinking these milkshakes. I’m not ready for this night to be over yet. I smile into my straw.

“Well, did you want to impress me?”

“Hell yes!” She laughs, bumping my hip with hers. “But I didn’t want you to think that I wanted to impress you. See, it was all part of my master plan.”

“Oh really?” I lick some whipped cream that’s started to slide down the outside of the cup. “Is this where you take all your dates?”

And okay, I’m mostly joking, but part of me feels weirdly jealous of some other girl who may or may not even exist.

I gotta get a hold on myself.

“Nah.” She empties her shake faster than should be possible and tosses her cup into a recycling bin. “Just you.”

I suddenly feel all weird and fuzzy again.

“I really do love the band, and what they do, and I thought you would love to see it up close. I wanted to share that with you,” she adds with a shrug. “I probably would have gotten tickets whether I was related to the colead singer or not. And then I just hoped and prayed that you would agree to come with.”

I have so many things I want to ask her, so many things I want to know. I thought I had Mack all figured out, thought that I knew how this night would go and what would happen at school on Monday and how I would find a way to walk away from this after just one quick hit of being with her. But I realize that this isn’t going to be so easily navigated. She’s not like the SATs or the AP French exam, reliant on formula and structure. Everything is so much more magnificent and complicated than I had initially budgeted for. I can’t be distracted by dating right now, but I can’t not get to know her better either.

“Well, for what it’s worth,” I start, finishing my own milkshake and dropping the cup in a bin, “I think that no matter who we were going to see, I would have had a great time with you tonight. I don’t think I would have been able to stop myself.”

She smiles down at her feet and grabs my hand again. “Is this okay?”

I nod. No one is watching us here. We talk about the show (we both agree that it was amazing) and about the city (we both think it might be a nice



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