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still liked Connor. After all, she was all about the guys who made your heart beat and butterflies invade your stomach, so she’d never be into the nice guy type like Nick.
“Hey, what’s up?” Pilar asked, coming up beside me.
“Oh, hey. Not much.”
“So I didn’t mean to dump all that stuff on you the other day. I don’t know what that was about, but can we keep it just between us?”
I nodded. “Of course.”
She stared at me like she wasn’t sure whether or not to believe me. “’Kay. Cool.”
“Are you going to that thing on Friday?” I asked.
“You mean the fair that Lucas asked me to go to months ago and then bailed on me for that slut, Reagan? That event?”
I stared at her in shock.
“Sorry. If you could keep all that to yourself, that’d be cool. I just…I dunno. Never mind,” she said, shaking her head. Her straight black ponytail swayed.
“I didn’t know that happened, but you have a right to be upset.”
“But I can’t be upset with Reagan. Not the way Morgan kisses her butt. Anyway, never mind. I gotta get to class. See ya,” she said.
At lunch, I asked Charlotte how long Pilar and Morgan had been friends.
“Since fourth grade. Why?” she asked.
“Just wondering.”
“I saw Pilar talking to you this morning,” Charlotte said. “I didn’t know you guys were even friends. I mean, you hang with her group, but honestly, I can’t recall you two ever talking that much before.”
Um, try not talking ever. I didn’t want to betray Pilar’s confidence, so I shrugged and said we had talked a bit. It was true after all.
***
On Friday, everyone was talking about the fair and who was going with who. Since Lucas, Connor, and Nick all drove, they were going to be our rides. Unfortunately, that meant Nick and I weren’t going alone. I had asked Charlotte to come, but she felt weird about being a third wheel, so she said she’d go with her friend Deidre and meet us there. Instead, Morgan and Pilar were coming with us. I wanted to ask why they didn’t go with one of the other groups, but didn’t want to explain why.
When Nick picked me up, Pilar was in the front seat and Morgan in the back. I walked up to the car and Pilar got out and went into the back.
“Why’d you move, loser?” Morgan asked. I froze, thinking she was talking to me.
“I’m not going to sit next to her boyfriend while she sits in the back,” Pilar said.
“Whatever,” Morgan said.
Nick parked over by the beach and Simone, Asia, and Connor were waiting for us by the ticket booth for the fair.
“We’re going to do the Ferris wheel,” Simone said. “I hate heights, but Connor promised to protect me.”
She looked up at him with her round blue eyes. It struck me as strange that she would gush about him protecting her when she told me she thought it was kind of lame I liked feeling safe around Nick. Was that was her way of flirting? Seemed odd she had done a one eighty on the safety issue.
“Connor, what about me?” Morgan said, pouting. “You promised me we’d do the Ferris wheel.”
Simone’s smile stayed on her face, but her eyes changed. She looked like someone had knocked her down.
“There’s enough of me to go around,” Connor said, laughing and putting his arm around both of the girls.
I saw Pilar and Asia roll their eyes at each other.
Just then I saw Charlotte wave me over. She had a bunch of tickets in her hands from playing games.
“Hey, we’re trying to save up to win a stuffed animal,” she said.
“I have my eye on a baby seal,” Deidre said.
“And I want a white tiger,” Char said, pointing to the booth behind her.
It was a basketball game. I was as unathletic as can be, but I did have excellent aim. My dad always said it was from all the basketball I watched. I wasn’t coordinated enough to play very well, but I could hit a free throw any day of the week.
“This looks like my kind of game,” Nick said. “Want to play?”
“Boring,” Morgan
“Hey, what’s up?” Pilar asked, coming up beside me.
“Oh, hey. Not much.”
“So I didn’t mean to dump all that stuff on you the other day. I don’t know what that was about, but can we keep it just between us?”
I nodded. “Of course.”
She stared at me like she wasn’t sure whether or not to believe me. “’Kay. Cool.”
“Are you going to that thing on Friday?” I asked.
“You mean the fair that Lucas asked me to go to months ago and then bailed on me for that slut, Reagan? That event?”
I stared at her in shock.
“Sorry. If you could keep all that to yourself, that’d be cool. I just…I dunno. Never mind,” she said, shaking her head. Her straight black ponytail swayed.
“I didn’t know that happened, but you have a right to be upset.”
“But I can’t be upset with Reagan. Not the way Morgan kisses her butt. Anyway, never mind. I gotta get to class. See ya,” she said.
At lunch, I asked Charlotte how long Pilar and Morgan had been friends.
“Since fourth grade. Why?” she asked.
“Just wondering.”
“I saw Pilar talking to you this morning,” Charlotte said. “I didn’t know you guys were even friends. I mean, you hang with her group, but honestly, I can’t recall you two ever talking that much before.”
Um, try not talking ever. I didn’t want to betray Pilar’s confidence, so I shrugged and said we had talked a bit. It was true after all.
***
On Friday, everyone was talking about the fair and who was going with who. Since Lucas, Connor, and Nick all drove, they were going to be our rides. Unfortunately, that meant Nick and I weren’t going alone. I had asked Charlotte to come, but she felt weird about being a third wheel, so she said she’d go with her friend Deidre and meet us there. Instead, Morgan and Pilar were coming with us. I wanted to ask why they didn’t go with one of the other groups, but didn’t want to explain why.
When Nick picked me up, Pilar was in the front seat and Morgan in the back. I walked up to the car and Pilar got out and went into the back.
“Why’d you move, loser?” Morgan asked. I froze, thinking she was talking to me.
“I’m not going to sit next to her boyfriend while she sits in the back,” Pilar said.
“Whatever,” Morgan said.
Nick parked over by the beach and Simone, Asia, and Connor were waiting for us by the ticket booth for the fair.
“We’re going to do the Ferris wheel,” Simone said. “I hate heights, but Connor promised to protect me.”
She looked up at him with her round blue eyes. It struck me as strange that she would gush about him protecting her when she told me she thought it was kind of lame I liked feeling safe around Nick. Was that was her way of flirting? Seemed odd she had done a one eighty on the safety issue.
“Connor, what about me?” Morgan said, pouting. “You promised me we’d do the Ferris wheel.”
Simone’s smile stayed on her face, but her eyes changed. She looked like someone had knocked her down.
“There’s enough of me to go around,” Connor said, laughing and putting his arm around both of the girls.
I saw Pilar and Asia roll their eyes at each other.
Just then I saw Charlotte wave me over. She had a bunch of tickets in her hands from playing games.
“Hey, we’re trying to save up to win a stuffed animal,” she said.
“I have my eye on a baby seal,” Deidre said.
“And I want a white tiger,” Char said, pointing to the booth behind her.
It was a basketball game. I was as unathletic as can be, but I did have excellent aim. My dad always said it was from all the basketball I watched. I wasn’t coordinated enough to play very well, but I could hit a free throw any day of the week.
“This looks like my kind of game,” Nick said. “Want to play?”
“Boring,” Morgan
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