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Authors: Magan Vernon
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wake her up.
I could have told my family that I was going out with friends, maybe include Jay’s name casually.
But I didn't.
I chickened out like I always did.
I just didn't want it to be ruined. The moment. My time with Jay. My parents wouldn't exactly "forbid me" from going out with him, but they could make it really hard for me to do so.
"Maybe if you had on a skirt that was bigger than your fist, then you wouldn't be freezing." I looked down at her barely there skirt and black boots that still couldn't hide the goose bumps parading up her pale legs.
She pulled her cheetah print pea coat tightly around herself as she curled her upper lip at me. "Well, at least I dressed for the occasion."
"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?"
Sofie lifted her chin, looking down at me with her heavily painted eyelashes. "I'm just saying if I was going to hang out with an Olympic swimmer, and had a rack your size, I wouldn't be wearing combat-looking boots and a sweater that hides your ginormous cleavage.
I rolled my eyes, tossing my hands out to the side. "Uh, these are Steve Madden hiking boots and it's like two degrees out, so why wouldn't I be wearing a sweater? Not everyone needs to see my goodies all of the time."
"Whatever." She sighed, standing on her tiptoes to look over me. "I thought he was supposed to be here by now."
I glanced over my shoulder, only seeing the neighbor's front porch light, but no cars anywhere in sight. "He should be here any minute…"
"You don't think he stood us up, do you?"
I bit my lip, hoping that wasn't the case and opened my mouth to try and reassure Sofie when the screech of tires sounded. I whipped my head around to see a large black Navigator rounding the corner.
Sofie placed the tips of her index and middle finger in her mouth, pulling them out and into a V shape as she slid them along her eyebrows. "It's show time."
The Navigator came to a halt in front of us as the back door was thrown open to Jay sitting there with his million-dollar smile.
"How much?" I heard one of the guys call from the front seat.
"You couldn't afford us." Sofie laughed as she climbed in after me.
I slid into the seat next to Jay and his arm went around my shoulder, his fingertips sending a rush of warmth through me. "You're freezing."
"If you would have given us better directions here then they wouldn't have been standing outside all night," Scotty yelled from the driver's seat.
"Hey, it's not my fault you can't understand north or south." Jay laughed, leaning forward and hitting Scotty on the back of his head.
Johnny almost choked on the long licorice rope he had been gnawing on from the front seat as he laughed at Scotty, a red goop forming on his chin.
Scotty glared at Johnny as he peeled, a little too fast, out of the neighborhood. "Shut up Johnny, it's not like you know the difference either."
"That's why I'm not the one driving." He slurped the red goop from his chin. I tried not to curl my lip in disgust, but Sofie was practically drooling as she stared at the two of them.
"Oh, uh, Johnny, Scotty, this is my best friend Sofie." I tilted my head in her direction.
Scotty glanced at Sofie from the rearview mirror, giving a small nod, but it was Johnny who completely turned around and extended a sticky hand in her direction.
"Pleasure." He smiled, his teeth caked in red.
Sofie giggled, the color rising in her cheeks as she took his sticky hand. I made a mental note to get her some hand sanitizer.
"I wouldn't touch that, I don't know where it's been." Jay leaned over the seat, looking at Sofie.
Johnny snapped his hand back from Sofie's, throwing the end of his licorice rope at Jay. "Man, shut up you don't know what you're talking about."
Jay flicked the licorice off him as if it were a fly before raising his hands in the air, "Hey I'm just telling the girl what I heard."
"All right, so now that, that's out of the way, where are we going?" I questioned, trying to get
I could have told my family that I was going out with friends, maybe include Jay’s name casually.
But I didn't.
I chickened out like I always did.
I just didn't want it to be ruined. The moment. My time with Jay. My parents wouldn't exactly "forbid me" from going out with him, but they could make it really hard for me to do so.
"Maybe if you had on a skirt that was bigger than your fist, then you wouldn't be freezing." I looked down at her barely there skirt and black boots that still couldn't hide the goose bumps parading up her pale legs.
She pulled her cheetah print pea coat tightly around herself as she curled her upper lip at me. "Well, at least I dressed for the occasion."
"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?"
Sofie lifted her chin, looking down at me with her heavily painted eyelashes. "I'm just saying if I was going to hang out with an Olympic swimmer, and had a rack your size, I wouldn't be wearing combat-looking boots and a sweater that hides your ginormous cleavage.
I rolled my eyes, tossing my hands out to the side. "Uh, these are Steve Madden hiking boots and it's like two degrees out, so why wouldn't I be wearing a sweater? Not everyone needs to see my goodies all of the time."
"Whatever." She sighed, standing on her tiptoes to look over me. "I thought he was supposed to be here by now."
I glanced over my shoulder, only seeing the neighbor's front porch light, but no cars anywhere in sight. "He should be here any minute…"
"You don't think he stood us up, do you?"
I bit my lip, hoping that wasn't the case and opened my mouth to try and reassure Sofie when the screech of tires sounded. I whipped my head around to see a large black Navigator rounding the corner.
Sofie placed the tips of her index and middle finger in her mouth, pulling them out and into a V shape as she slid them along her eyebrows. "It's show time."
The Navigator came to a halt in front of us as the back door was thrown open to Jay sitting there with his million-dollar smile.
"How much?" I heard one of the guys call from the front seat.
"You couldn't afford us." Sofie laughed as she climbed in after me.
I slid into the seat next to Jay and his arm went around my shoulder, his fingertips sending a rush of warmth through me. "You're freezing."
"If you would have given us better directions here then they wouldn't have been standing outside all night," Scotty yelled from the driver's seat.
"Hey, it's not my fault you can't understand north or south." Jay laughed, leaning forward and hitting Scotty on the back of his head.
Johnny almost choked on the long licorice rope he had been gnawing on from the front seat as he laughed at Scotty, a red goop forming on his chin.
Scotty glared at Johnny as he peeled, a little too fast, out of the neighborhood. "Shut up Johnny, it's not like you know the difference either."
"That's why I'm not the one driving." He slurped the red goop from his chin. I tried not to curl my lip in disgust, but Sofie was practically drooling as she stared at the two of them.
"Oh, uh, Johnny, Scotty, this is my best friend Sofie." I tilted my head in her direction.
Scotty glanced at Sofie from the rearview mirror, giving a small nod, but it was Johnny who completely turned around and extended a sticky hand in her direction.
"Pleasure." He smiled, his teeth caked in red.
Sofie giggled, the color rising in her cheeks as she took his sticky hand. I made a mental note to get her some hand sanitizer.
"I wouldn't touch that, I don't know where it's been." Jay leaned over the seat, looking at Sofie.
Johnny snapped his hand back from Sofie's, throwing the end of his licorice rope at Jay. "Man, shut up you don't know what you're talking about."
Jay flicked the licorice off him as if it were a fly before raising his hands in the air, "Hey I'm just telling the girl what I heard."
"All right, so now that, that's out of the way, where are we going?" I questioned, trying to get
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