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humorless laugh left me. “Because I don’t.”
“Sure.” Brady rolled his eyes and made air quotes with his fingers. “You will go out with me?”
“It’s just to teach her a lesson,” I defended myself.
“In what? Charming the pants off a girl, kindergarten-style?” Tyler mocked me. Would it also be kindergarten-style if I smacked that stupid grin right off his face? “Anyway, I thought she was into your brother. Do you really want to steal her from him?”
“Ethan said they’re just friends.” He’d practically given me permission to hit on her yesterday. If that changed, he’d have to tell me straight.
“Hey, Chris!” Susan’s saccharine voice made us all immediately turn our heads in her direction. A gloating grin took form on her lips. “It takes a little more than a cute smile to get on my good side. And luckily your brother comes equipped with the whole package.”
Whoa. That was a shot below the belt.
Abandoning some of the sugar in her voice, she added, “You want to freeze hell? Go ahead and try. It’ll get you nowhere with me.”
I could do nothing but stare at her for an endless moment. The thoughts running wild in my mind during that time ranged from wanting to walk over and prove her wrong with a kiss, to laughing out loud, to telling her she was messing with the wrong guy.
When I’d finally stomached the surprise of her boldness and came around, I licked my lips, never taking my eyes off hers. The left side of my mouth tilted up in a challenging smirk. Everybody’s eyes were on me, even Mr. Ellenburgh’s. The entire room waited for my next move, and I wasn’t going to disappoint.
“Game on, little Sue,” I told her in a wicked drawl that rendered her silent.
Her shocked stare amused me. Chuckling, I turned back to my friends, who studied me with open mouths. Until Brady shook his head and burst out laughing. “No freaking way, dude! You don’t stand a chance with that girl.”
Oh, was that so? I cocked my head, pursing my lips, then cast them all a brilliant smile. “Watch me.”
Chapter 5
I HEARD ETHAN trudge into the kitchen while I was raiding the fridge for some ice cream to cool down after detention. Casting a glance around the open door at my brother, I presented an unmistakable ask-me-what grin.
“What?” Ethan demanded, pulling off his jersey, which was soaked after today’s soccer practice, and tossing it over a chair. He got us both spoons from the drawer in the island, then waited at the table for me and the raspberry-almond dream to join him.
“I got detention today,” I declared, licking a scoop of ice cream off my spoon. A moment later I was fighting brain freeze.
“And that’s big news why?” Ethan rolled his eyes. “You’ve spent more time in detention in the last year than in any class.” Obviously, he had no clue as to what I was about to spring on him next.
“It was my first time in detention senior year. But that’s not the point.” Another load of ice cream made it into my mouth. Around the spoon, I said, “Gueth who wath there wib me.”
“Susan.”
What the hell? I choked on the spoon, spit it out, and coughed like a dying grizzly. “How did you know?”
Unimpressed by my near-death experience, Ethan kept scooping raspberry ice cream from the box and shrugged one shoulder. “The guys talked about her being in detention at soccer practice. They didn’t tell me the reason, though.” He lifted his chin, scrutinizing me with a thoughtful look. “You wouldn’t, by any chance, know why she ended up there?”
By chance, I would…
With a little more excitement from his end, I’d have been willing to spill all the good parts, too. Since Ethan once again seemed far too uninterested in Susan Miller, though, the girl who’d challenged me in public to make her fall for me, the necessity to tell him everything rapidly lost its urgency. I shook my head.
“Ah, never mind,” Ethan said. “I’m going out with her in
“Sure.” Brady rolled his eyes and made air quotes with his fingers. “You will go out with me?”
“It’s just to teach her a lesson,” I defended myself.
“In what? Charming the pants off a girl, kindergarten-style?” Tyler mocked me. Would it also be kindergarten-style if I smacked that stupid grin right off his face? “Anyway, I thought she was into your brother. Do you really want to steal her from him?”
“Ethan said they’re just friends.” He’d practically given me permission to hit on her yesterday. If that changed, he’d have to tell me straight.
“Hey, Chris!” Susan’s saccharine voice made us all immediately turn our heads in her direction. A gloating grin took form on her lips. “It takes a little more than a cute smile to get on my good side. And luckily your brother comes equipped with the whole package.”
Whoa. That was a shot below the belt.
Abandoning some of the sugar in her voice, she added, “You want to freeze hell? Go ahead and try. It’ll get you nowhere with me.”
I could do nothing but stare at her for an endless moment. The thoughts running wild in my mind during that time ranged from wanting to walk over and prove her wrong with a kiss, to laughing out loud, to telling her she was messing with the wrong guy.
When I’d finally stomached the surprise of her boldness and came around, I licked my lips, never taking my eyes off hers. The left side of my mouth tilted up in a challenging smirk. Everybody’s eyes were on me, even Mr. Ellenburgh’s. The entire room waited for my next move, and I wasn’t going to disappoint.
“Game on, little Sue,” I told her in a wicked drawl that rendered her silent.
Her shocked stare amused me. Chuckling, I turned back to my friends, who studied me with open mouths. Until Brady shook his head and burst out laughing. “No freaking way, dude! You don’t stand a chance with that girl.”
Oh, was that so? I cocked my head, pursing my lips, then cast them all a brilliant smile. “Watch me.”
Chapter 5
I HEARD ETHAN trudge into the kitchen while I was raiding the fridge for some ice cream to cool down after detention. Casting a glance around the open door at my brother, I presented an unmistakable ask-me-what grin.
“What?” Ethan demanded, pulling off his jersey, which was soaked after today’s soccer practice, and tossing it over a chair. He got us both spoons from the drawer in the island, then waited at the table for me and the raspberry-almond dream to join him.
“I got detention today,” I declared, licking a scoop of ice cream off my spoon. A moment later I was fighting brain freeze.
“And that’s big news why?” Ethan rolled his eyes. “You’ve spent more time in detention in the last year than in any class.” Obviously, he had no clue as to what I was about to spring on him next.
“It was my first time in detention senior year. But that’s not the point.” Another load of ice cream made it into my mouth. Around the spoon, I said, “Gueth who wath there wib me.”
“Susan.”
What the hell? I choked on the spoon, spit it out, and coughed like a dying grizzly. “How did you know?”
Unimpressed by my near-death experience, Ethan kept scooping raspberry ice cream from the box and shrugged one shoulder. “The guys talked about her being in detention at soccer practice. They didn’t tell me the reason, though.” He lifted his chin, scrutinizing me with a thoughtful look. “You wouldn’t, by any chance, know why she ended up there?”
By chance, I would…
With a little more excitement from his end, I’d have been willing to spill all the good parts, too. Since Ethan once again seemed far too uninterested in Susan Miller, though, the girl who’d challenged me in public to make her fall for me, the necessity to tell him everything rapidly lost its urgency. I shook my head.
“Ah, never mind,” Ethan said. “I’m going out with her in
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