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go. Her wet, curvy body was giving me a surge of hormones that was making me entirely too uncomfortable.
    I flinched when she leaned across my body, brushing my arm, as she reached toward the seat behind me. “What’re you listening to?” she asked, pointing to my iPod.
    I inhaled—she smelled like salt from the bay and sunscreen. I was acting stupid. She was just a girl. And not my girl. “Just some old metal and punk.”
    She grinned and my heart stumbled. “Really? I love that stuff. You got any Deftones or Misfits on there?”
    Now I had to pause. Was she shittin’ me? Mel hated my music. It was my turn to grin. “Hell yeah, I do.”
    She moved past me, this time her entire body brushing against mine, and plopped down. “Lemme see.” She looked up at me with eyes the color of the summer sky, which were practically begging.
    So I sat and we listened to my music. And we talked. And talked. And Chloe turned out to be pretty cool.
    At least until she kissed me.

July 26 th
     
    I’m so mad at Reed right now! He knows I’ve been looking forward to seeing him all this time and he’s finally got a weekend off and what does he call for? To see if I’ll go with him and his friends to the bay! Fishing!
    Uh, no.
    I was dumb and asked about Jonah, but I recovered quickly enough. I just couldn’t bear the thought of sharing Reed today, much less being around other girls. As in, not only not alone, but I’d be the weird, chubby pregnant girl. I can’t get in a freakin’ swimsuit!
    I just couldn’t.
    I know I sounded whiney, but I wanted him to want to be with me! Just me!
    I hung up on him and it only took about ten minutes for my anger to fizzle out as I cursed The Night that changed everything for us. For me. Now, I just miss him more. I’m such an idiot.
    So I texted him. Why isn’t he answering?

Losers and Liars
     
    I jumped away from Chloe like she had the plague and tried not to feel guilty about the fact that I liked her kiss.
    Dude, what I wouldn’t give for a rewind button. That so should not have happened! I wanted to kick myself for ignoring all her flirty remarks and the way she smiled and twirled her hair. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
    I glanced around to make sure no one saw.
    “Reed?”
    I turned back at Chloe’s uncertain voice.
    “What’s wrong?”
    What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Jeez, she had no idea! I sucked in a breath, hating that all I could smell was her, and tried to collect myself. I raked a hand through my hair.
    “I’m sorry,” she said. “I . . . I guess . . . I guess I thought you liked me, too.” She shifted, obviously uncomfortable and a little irritated now. “God, I feel like an idiot.”
    I looked back at her. “That’s not it.”
    She pinned me with her big blue eyes. “It’s not?”
    “Well . . .”
    The hope that had started to fill her face fell. Shit, I felt like an asshole.
    “I have a girlfriend.” I decided to leave out the pregnant part. It seemed a bit much.
    Understanding dawned and her gaze snapped with something fierce and competitive. “Oh. So, where is she?”
    “Uh, she didn’t feel good today.” Now I shifted uncomfortably.
    She glanced down, then looked back at me. “Well . . .” She smiled and handed me back my iPod, making sure to brush my hand. “Will she at least let you be friends with another girl?”
    Oh, shit. Mel wasn’t really the jealous type, but I didn’t particularly want to be friends with Chloe. Especially since that’d mean telling her about the baby. And somehow I found myself embarrassed. Man, I really was an asshole. “I dunno,” I answered lamely.
    She nodded and bit her lip, her eyes still glittering like she’d just been challenged.
    What started out as a fun day, a chance to unwind and forget about normal life for a while, had turned into a real cluster, and I found myself just wanting to go home. What a loser.
    She finally moved back to the other girls when I stopped talking to her, and kept her distance for the rest