the gym.” I want to say, And when he touches me, I feel it between my thighs.
“Interesting,” she says slowly as if she’s contemplating something.
I tilt my head and shake it. I mouth, No. I know exactly what she’s thinking. “That is way too close to home. He’s Kyle’s friend. I have to get to my next class. See you at lunch.”
I’m starving by the time my third class is over. I’m so glad that I have an early lunch period. I really want to go through the lunch line and get pizza and a soda like everyone else, but I hate eating at school. I pull an apple out of my bag and head to my usual table to wait for Chelsea. About the time I decide that she’s ditched me, probably for Connor and her new friends from The Pit, she strolls into the cafeteria.
“What are you doing, Reese? I’ve been waiting for you.”
“I’m eating lunch because it’s lunchtime.” I wave my apple between us.
“Well, honey, you’ve graduated from the kiddie table to the grown-up table,” she says in a condescending tone.
She pulls on my arm, and I grab my things before she forces me to follow her.
“We’re juniors now, so we eat outside with the other grown-ups.” She drags me to a table full of people I recognize but don’t really know.
I take a seat next to Baylee, a girl in our bio class. I pull my apple out of my bag again along with a water bottle.
“Is that all you’re eating?” Baylee asks before shoveling fries into her face.
I look at her and don’t say anything. She arches her eyebrows, waiting for my answer.
“Stupid dick!”
“Fuck you, Stew!”
We both turn in our seats and focus on the two guys shoving each other near the table behind us.
“Reesey, how are you, girl?” Stew says as he drops into the chair behind me.
Garner Stewart, also known as Stew, annoys me every time he’s around. I met him at The Pit several weeks ago. He’s actually one of my new phone contacts—and one who will never get a call from me.
“I’m fine. But that’s not my name.” I realize that Brady is the guy he was exchanging insults with, and I quickly turn back around.
“Hey, excuse my ignorant friend. How are you, Reese? You’re looking very nice today.” Brady looks at his friend and back at me before blessing me with that wicked half smile.
I smile like a damn fool. “Thanks, Brady. I’m good.”
Baylee looks at me in disbelief.
The bell rings, and everyone else gets up, collecting their garbage and their belongings from the table. I hang back for a minute and check my schedule since I didn’t bother memorizing it before school started.
Brady startles me when he pulls out the chair next to me and sits. “Reese, I know you didn’t ask, but you really need to eat. I’ve seen you working hard at the gym, and what you just ate for lunch isn’t enough. You need to eat more than that.”
Awkward! “Well, Brady, I had no idea that you were paying so much attention to me.”
I continue looking down at my schedule because I’m one hundred percent mortified right now. I don’t even like to eat at school, so I definitely don’t want to talk to the hottest boy in school about my daily caloric intake. I want to say something smart-ass, but I just can’t find the words.
“You have no idea, Reese.”
He’s standing over me now, and I can feel him looking down at me, but I don’t look up from my schedule. I’m just too embarrassed. If I didn’t know better, he’s more than flirting with me today.
There’s no way, no freaking way, that he could be interested in me.
Okay, focus, Reese. “Back to your concern, my ass disagrees with you.”
That should make him uncomfortable, so he’ll go the hell away.
“I’m not joking. You need protein.”
Or maybe he won’t.
I stand up and put my arms through the shoulder straps on my bag. After adjusting it, I finally make eye contact with him. “Are you trying to be funny?”
“Oh God, no! That is not what I meant, you dirty-minded little
“Interesting,” she says slowly as if she’s contemplating something.
I tilt my head and shake it. I mouth, No. I know exactly what she’s thinking. “That is way too close to home. He’s Kyle’s friend. I have to get to my next class. See you at lunch.”
I’m starving by the time my third class is over. I’m so glad that I have an early lunch period. I really want to go through the lunch line and get pizza and a soda like everyone else, but I hate eating at school. I pull an apple out of my bag and head to my usual table to wait for Chelsea. About the time I decide that she’s ditched me, probably for Connor and her new friends from The Pit, she strolls into the cafeteria.
“What are you doing, Reese? I’ve been waiting for you.”
“I’m eating lunch because it’s lunchtime.” I wave my apple between us.
“Well, honey, you’ve graduated from the kiddie table to the grown-up table,” she says in a condescending tone.
She pulls on my arm, and I grab my things before she forces me to follow her.
“We’re juniors now, so we eat outside with the other grown-ups.” She drags me to a table full of people I recognize but don’t really know.
I take a seat next to Baylee, a girl in our bio class. I pull my apple out of my bag again along with a water bottle.
“Is that all you’re eating?” Baylee asks before shoveling fries into her face.
I look at her and don’t say anything. She arches her eyebrows, waiting for my answer.
“Stupid dick!”
“Fuck you, Stew!”
We both turn in our seats and focus on the two guys shoving each other near the table behind us.
“Reesey, how are you, girl?” Stew says as he drops into the chair behind me.
Garner Stewart, also known as Stew, annoys me every time he’s around. I met him at The Pit several weeks ago. He’s actually one of my new phone contacts—and one who will never get a call from me.
“I’m fine. But that’s not my name.” I realize that Brady is the guy he was exchanging insults with, and I quickly turn back around.
“Hey, excuse my ignorant friend. How are you, Reese? You’re looking very nice today.” Brady looks at his friend and back at me before blessing me with that wicked half smile.
I smile like a damn fool. “Thanks, Brady. I’m good.”
Baylee looks at me in disbelief.
The bell rings, and everyone else gets up, collecting their garbage and their belongings from the table. I hang back for a minute and check my schedule since I didn’t bother memorizing it before school started.
Brady startles me when he pulls out the chair next to me and sits. “Reese, I know you didn’t ask, but you really need to eat. I’ve seen you working hard at the gym, and what you just ate for lunch isn’t enough. You need to eat more than that.”
Awkward! “Well, Brady, I had no idea that you were paying so much attention to me.”
I continue looking down at my schedule because I’m one hundred percent mortified right now. I don’t even like to eat at school, so I definitely don’t want to talk to the hottest boy in school about my daily caloric intake. I want to say something smart-ass, but I just can’t find the words.
“You have no idea, Reese.”
He’s standing over me now, and I can feel him looking down at me, but I don’t look up from my schedule. I’m just too embarrassed. If I didn’t know better, he’s more than flirting with me today.
There’s no way, no freaking way, that he could be interested in me.
Okay, focus, Reese. “Back to your concern, my ass disagrees with you.”
That should make him uncomfortable, so he’ll go the hell away.
“I’m not joking. You need protein.”
Or maybe he won’t.
I stand up and put my arms through the shoulder straps on my bag. After adjusting it, I finally make eye contact with him. “Are you trying to be funny?”
“Oh God, no! That is not what I meant, you dirty-minded little
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