seduce him?”
“I don’t know…pushing my boobs out and stuff… he knows I’m a sure thing…just from what I’ve said.”
“Then you should find someone else who’s interested. You look great Ember. And you’re every guy’s dream come true—a gorgeous girl who’s spent her whole life overweight so she developed an awesome personality and stayed completely down to earth. You’re not going to have to look very far to find someone who would give his left nut to...”
“To what?” I grin and shoot him a look, feeling giddy that he just called me gorgeous and awesome.
“To help you get your groove back, baby.” He elbows me as we run past the lake. Our feet crunch over fallen leaves as we forge ahead. This is the hardest stretch because there’s a steep incline, but once the ground levels out, it means we’ve completed two and a half miles.
I love running with Drew. He’s become like a gay male friend to me. Because he’s totally off limits, I can be completely myself around him without having to worry about what he thinks, and he gives me excellent insight into the male mind.
Drew has seen me at my lowest and he knows just how hard I’ve been pushing myself these past few months. He’s never been anything but patient and supportive, cheering me on every step of the way. Even pretending I wasn’t slowing him down when we first started running together, which I totally was.
“I’m not sure…what I’m going to do yet…but I’m not finished with Rio…not by a long shot…Even if he doesn’t want…to get up in this…I’m at least… going to have some fun with him.”
“Hey, speaking of getting up in that, are you hanging out with April again tonight? Wait, that came out weird. “
I laugh, but in the back of my mind, I try to figure out what he’s talking about. “Why?” I ask.
“You guys hung out the last two nights so I was hoping to see my girlfriend tonight, if you know what I’m saying.”
“I’ll see what I can do,” I say noncommittally.
As we run, my mind is churning a hundred miles an hour. The truth is, I haven’t hung out with April the past two nights, but I have a pretty good idea what she’s been up to.
There’s something I haven’t mentioned about my sister yet, and even now, it hurts me to say it because it doesn’t reflect well on her, and I don’t want anyone to hold it against her because April has so many other incredible qualities.
But here it is, the honest to God truth about my sister: April has cheated on every boyfriend she’s ever had. So I think it’s safe to assume that she’s now doing the same to Drew.
See, April’s relationships generally last three to seven months. There’s never a break between them, and she has yet to reach the one year mark with anyone. When she gets tired of one guy or wants to break it off for whatever reason, she immediately finds another guy to replace the last one. Sometimes the two relationships even overlap, and by “sometimes”, I mean every relationship she’s ever been in.
Even the one guy who’s ever dumped her, leading to the meltdown that led her not to be my maid of honor. That was brought about when he looked at her phone and found fifty million texts and emails from some other dude.
My sister can’t help herself—she’s a free spirit. It’s just who she is. Back in high school, I remember our dad desperately trying to talk her out of going to art school, but she wouldn’t be deterred. It was her dream, she pleaded tearfully over and over again until he finally relented. He hated the idea of spending money on such an impractical degree, but she was so earnest, so sure of what she wanted.
Then halfway through her freshman year, she dropped out of college and ran off to Europe to live in youth hostels. While there, she got engaged to a French guy she’d been dating for all of two weeks. She even invited dad and I to the wedding, but
“I don’t know…pushing my boobs out and stuff… he knows I’m a sure thing…just from what I’ve said.”
“Then you should find someone else who’s interested. You look great Ember. And you’re every guy’s dream come true—a gorgeous girl who’s spent her whole life overweight so she developed an awesome personality and stayed completely down to earth. You’re not going to have to look very far to find someone who would give his left nut to...”
“To what?” I grin and shoot him a look, feeling giddy that he just called me gorgeous and awesome.
“To help you get your groove back, baby.” He elbows me as we run past the lake. Our feet crunch over fallen leaves as we forge ahead. This is the hardest stretch because there’s a steep incline, but once the ground levels out, it means we’ve completed two and a half miles.
I love running with Drew. He’s become like a gay male friend to me. Because he’s totally off limits, I can be completely myself around him without having to worry about what he thinks, and he gives me excellent insight into the male mind.
Drew has seen me at my lowest and he knows just how hard I’ve been pushing myself these past few months. He’s never been anything but patient and supportive, cheering me on every step of the way. Even pretending I wasn’t slowing him down when we first started running together, which I totally was.
“I’m not sure…what I’m going to do yet…but I’m not finished with Rio…not by a long shot…Even if he doesn’t want…to get up in this…I’m at least… going to have some fun with him.”
“Hey, speaking of getting up in that, are you hanging out with April again tonight? Wait, that came out weird. “
I laugh, but in the back of my mind, I try to figure out what he’s talking about. “Why?” I ask.
“You guys hung out the last two nights so I was hoping to see my girlfriend tonight, if you know what I’m saying.”
“I’ll see what I can do,” I say noncommittally.
As we run, my mind is churning a hundred miles an hour. The truth is, I haven’t hung out with April the past two nights, but I have a pretty good idea what she’s been up to.
There’s something I haven’t mentioned about my sister yet, and even now, it hurts me to say it because it doesn’t reflect well on her, and I don’t want anyone to hold it against her because April has so many other incredible qualities.
But here it is, the honest to God truth about my sister: April has cheated on every boyfriend she’s ever had. So I think it’s safe to assume that she’s now doing the same to Drew.
See, April’s relationships generally last three to seven months. There’s never a break between them, and she has yet to reach the one year mark with anyone. When she gets tired of one guy or wants to break it off for whatever reason, she immediately finds another guy to replace the last one. Sometimes the two relationships even overlap, and by “sometimes”, I mean every relationship she’s ever been in.
Even the one guy who’s ever dumped her, leading to the meltdown that led her not to be my maid of honor. That was brought about when he looked at her phone and found fifty million texts and emails from some other dude.
My sister can’t help herself—she’s a free spirit. It’s just who she is. Back in high school, I remember our dad desperately trying to talk her out of going to art school, but she wouldn’t be deterred. It was her dream, she pleaded tearfully over and over again until he finally relented. He hated the idea of spending money on such an impractical degree, but she was so earnest, so sure of what she wanted.
Then halfway through her freshman year, she dropped out of college and ran off to Europe to live in youth hostels. While there, she got engaged to a French guy she’d been dating for all of two weeks. She even invited dad and I to the wedding, but
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