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ticked off his list on his fingers and was now staring down at his pinky as if it were going to give him the answer. In the other hand he clutched the neck of a half-empty bottle of Budweiser—from what Megan could tell, his fifth or sixth. Darnell was a handsome guy who, according to his varsity jacket, was captain ofthe football team. At the beginning of the night, he had shown himself to be a smart, friendly, funny guy. Now that he was officially drunk, he was still friendly and funny, but the smart thing was out the window.
    â€œHistory,” Megan said. “You forgot history.”
    â€œRight!” Darnell said, his big brown eyes lighting up as he looked at her. “Now, what kinda history you got in Texas?”
    Megan leaned back on the hood of Darnell’s old-school Corvette and sighed. “Oh, I don’t know, we’ve got Coronado, the Alamo. . . . We declared independence once,” she said, glancing at him.
    Darnell stared at her for a second, his eyes scrunched in confused surprise, as if her sound track had switched over to SAP. “Yeah, well, we got the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, the Boston . . . the Boston . . .”
    â€œRed Sox!” someone shouted, prompting a round of cheers in the darkness.
    â€œYes! Thank you!” Darnell said, raising his bottle. “The Boston Red Sox . . .”
    â€œYou mentioned them already,” Megan said with a yawn.
    â€œOh, sorry,” Darnell said slurrily. “Am I boring you?”
    â€œNo.” Megan shook her head. He was actually quite entertaining. It was just that it was past midnight and the night was getting old.
    â€œYeah . . . well, I’m boring myself,” Darnell said, lying back next to her.
    Together they stared up at the sky as yet another plane whooshed by. Everyone else cheered, but Megan squeezed hereyes closed and covered her ears against the noise.
    â€œHey. You guys having fun?”
    Megan opened her eyes to find Evan hovering over her. Sweet relief! She hadn’t seen him since Hailey had dragged him off two hours ago. Now they could finally get out of here.
    â€œYou ready to go?” Megan asked, sliding down off the hood of the car. She glanced at Hailey, noticed a throbbing hickey right near her collarbone, and glanced away. Her heart burned with jealousy. She didn’t even want to imagine where else Evan’s lips had been. But now, of course, she couldn’t help it.
    â€œAlready?” Hailey asked, reaching for Evan’s hand with both of hers. “I’ve barely even talked to anybody.”
    Yeah? And whose fault is that? Megan thought.
    Evan shot Megan a pleading look and Megan’s spirits dropped. Suddenly she felt even more exhausted than she had a second ago.
    â€œYou know what? That’s fine,” Megan said, grabbing Darnell’s hand and pulling him into a seated position. His eyes rolled forward and he attempted to focus. “I’ll just have Darnell here drive me home. You’re okay to drive, right, Darnell?” she asked, slapping him on the back so hard he slid off the car.
    He stumbled a second when his feet hit the ground, but he fished his keys out of the pocket of his varsity jacket. “Toad-al-ly,” he said. “Jus . . . tell me where ya live.”
    He aimed the keys for the lock in the door and hit the window.
    Megan raised her eyebrows at Evan. Evan looked back,amused and clearly somewhat impressed. Megan could barely believe it herself. She was actually standing up to him. Who would have thought it was possible?
    They both knew she wasn’t stupid enough to get into the car with Darnell. It was a bluff. The question was, what would Evan do?
    He turned to Hailey. “Maybe we should go.”
    Megan’s heart fluttered like a victory flag in the wind.
    Hailey’s face fell, but she recovered quickly. “Fine. I’ll go get my bag. You