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stairs. She gulped. The last thing she
wanted to do right now was get into yet another argument and have
it ruin her entire night with Dan before it even started.
“You look very pretty,” her mom said quietly.
“Where are you going?”
“Out with Dan. I’ll be home later
tonight.”
Her mom nodded. “Have fun. Don’t get into any
trouble.”
Lexi huffed. “Do I ever get into trouble?
Seriously, it’s like you’re suddenly super mom. You don’t have to
put on a front for Aunt Violet and Uncle Tommy, Mom.”
“It has nothing to do with Violet or Tom,
Lexi. I just want you to be careful. You’re too trusting. You’re in
a place that you don’t know very well and that makes you vulnerable
to strangers.”
“I do know it well. I grew up here!” How
could her mom think she was a stranger to Briar Creek? It was her
fault that Lexi hadn’t been able to spend much time here.
“Yes, you grew up here. You were an innocent
child. You don’t know everything about this town...it has secrets.
Secrets that I wanted to shelter you from then and secrets that I
want to keep you away from now.”
“We used to tell each other everything. Now
you’re keeping secrets from me? Whatever, Mom. I’m old enough to
make my own decisions anyway. I know you don’t like Uncle Tommy,
but that’s no reason to try to shelter me from this town or my
family.”
Lexi turned, stomping away from her mom. Dan
was probably outside and she wasn’t going to make him wait for her
just because her mom was being an uber-bitch.
****
Chapter 6
Climbing off the Tilt-A-Whirl, Lexi found
herself thinking about Gabe, once again. She remembered that his
lame excuse for not going to the carnival was that he hated
Tilt-A-Whirl. At least she had come with someone who found it just
as fun as she did. Plus, Dan was actually turning out to be a
really sweet guy.
So far, they had shared a cotton candy and he
had played a water gun game three times to win her a cute pink
stuffed bear. It reminded Lexi of Austin. She wondered if Dan had
subconsciously chosen a bear for her because he, too, was thinking
about the bear attack.
Dan seemed to sense that something was wrong.
He pulled her in his arms, kissing her on the forehead. “What’s
wrong, babe?”
“I was just thinking about Austin,” she said,
looking down at the stuffed animal that she was holding. “You know,
the bear...”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t think about that.
I’m a jerk.”
“It’s okay. You’re not a jerk. I’m just being
stupid.”
Dan hugged her tightly. “I knew Austin pretty
well and, if it makes you feel any better, I honestly think that he
wouldn’t want us to dwell on it. He’d want us to be happy. Even if
that meant that I would be kissing his cousin in a second,” he
said. She looked up into his blue green eyes.
Dan pulled her chin up and their lips
touched. Lexi grabbed his neck, pressing her tongue deeper into his
mouth.
When they finally released each other, she
realized that the kiss didn’t feel right. She liked Dan enough but
he wasn’t Gabe. Lexi knew that if she had been kissing Gabe instead
of Dan, it would have felt like no one else was around but them.
Instead, she seemed to focus more on the muffled cries of children
and the people working at the game booths than Dan.
Dan grabbed her hand, pulling her towards the
House of Mirrors. Glancing in the first mirror, Lexi noticed that
she looked like a freakishly tall cartoon character. In the next,
she looked like a hippo. Oh no, she thought, Dan is going to think
I’m ugly after this.
Lexi glanced at Dan in the mirror he was
standing in front of, surprised to find that his reflection didn’t
show up. She figured that that mirror must make you invisible. As
she walked past it, her own reflection stared back at her.
When they reached the end of the tunnel, Lexi
was feeling too strange to ask Dan if he had noticed that his
reflection hadn’t showed up in that one mirror. She did
wanted to do right now was get into yet another argument and have
it ruin her entire night with Dan before it even started.
“You look very pretty,” her mom said quietly.
“Where are you going?”
“Out with Dan. I’ll be home later
tonight.”
Her mom nodded. “Have fun. Don’t get into any
trouble.”
Lexi huffed. “Do I ever get into trouble?
Seriously, it’s like you’re suddenly super mom. You don’t have to
put on a front for Aunt Violet and Uncle Tommy, Mom.”
“It has nothing to do with Violet or Tom,
Lexi. I just want you to be careful. You’re too trusting. You’re in
a place that you don’t know very well and that makes you vulnerable
to strangers.”
“I do know it well. I grew up here!” How
could her mom think she was a stranger to Briar Creek? It was her
fault that Lexi hadn’t been able to spend much time here.
“Yes, you grew up here. You were an innocent
child. You don’t know everything about this town...it has secrets.
Secrets that I wanted to shelter you from then and secrets that I
want to keep you away from now.”
“We used to tell each other everything. Now
you’re keeping secrets from me? Whatever, Mom. I’m old enough to
make my own decisions anyway. I know you don’t like Uncle Tommy,
but that’s no reason to try to shelter me from this town or my
family.”
Lexi turned, stomping away from her mom. Dan
was probably outside and she wasn’t going to make him wait for her
just because her mom was being an uber-bitch.
****
Chapter 6
Climbing off the Tilt-A-Whirl, Lexi found
herself thinking about Gabe, once again. She remembered that his
lame excuse for not going to the carnival was that he hated
Tilt-A-Whirl. At least she had come with someone who found it just
as fun as she did. Plus, Dan was actually turning out to be a
really sweet guy.
So far, they had shared a cotton candy and he
had played a water gun game three times to win her a cute pink
stuffed bear. It reminded Lexi of Austin. She wondered if Dan had
subconsciously chosen a bear for her because he, too, was thinking
about the bear attack.
Dan seemed to sense that something was wrong.
He pulled her in his arms, kissing her on the forehead. “What’s
wrong, babe?”
“I was just thinking about Austin,” she said,
looking down at the stuffed animal that she was holding. “You know,
the bear...”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t think about that.
I’m a jerk.”
“It’s okay. You’re not a jerk. I’m just being
stupid.”
Dan hugged her tightly. “I knew Austin pretty
well and, if it makes you feel any better, I honestly think that he
wouldn’t want us to dwell on it. He’d want us to be happy. Even if
that meant that I would be kissing his cousin in a second,” he
said. She looked up into his blue green eyes.
Dan pulled her chin up and their lips
touched. Lexi grabbed his neck, pressing her tongue deeper into his
mouth.
When they finally released each other, she
realized that the kiss didn’t feel right. She liked Dan enough but
he wasn’t Gabe. Lexi knew that if she had been kissing Gabe instead
of Dan, it would have felt like no one else was around but them.
Instead, she seemed to focus more on the muffled cries of children
and the people working at the game booths than Dan.
Dan grabbed her hand, pulling her towards the
House of Mirrors. Glancing in the first mirror, Lexi noticed that
she looked like a freakishly tall cartoon character. In the next,
she looked like a hippo. Oh no, she thought, Dan is going to think
I’m ugly after this.
Lexi glanced at Dan in the mirror he was
standing in front of, surprised to find that his reflection didn’t
show up. She figured that that mirror must make you invisible. As
she walked past it, her own reflection stared back at her.
When they reached the end of the tunnel, Lexi
was feeling too strange to ask Dan if he had noticed that his
reflection hadn’t showed up in that one mirror. She did
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