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Be there in 5
"Oh, Dad? I forgot KC is stopping over Can I let you go?"
"Sure, but I’ll be leaving to for so before I leave and hear about the Science Fair prep you’re doing"
Ugh, shit No prep had been organized, because I hadn’t even cothat discussion for tomorrow "Call one
Closingmy book onto the bed, I walked to the French doors and opened theo, but the sun still cast a radiant glow around the neighborhood Leaves from the maple outside my doors rustled in the subtle breeze, and a few tiny clouds sprinkled the sky
Turning around, I slipped out of my school clothes and into a pair of plaid pajalan t-shirt I let out an overly drah Of course, I would be in ht
The doorbell echoed froed to answer the door
"Hey!" KC breathed, stepping into the house with her ar my hair, not a makeover
My eyes watered at her perfu?"
"Oh, it’s new It called Secret You like?"
"Love it" Don’t loan it to o up to your room I want to have access to your bathrooive me a honey hair treatment she read about in Woed hair, which she says is a danger with all of the outdoor sightseeing I did this summer and with the cross-country practice
Okay, so I didn’t really care I thought my hair looked fine, but I wanted to catch up with her after the busy first week
"Can I take the chair to the ? There’s a nice breeze co in" The honey would be messy, but the room boasted dark hardwood floors, so it would be an easy cleanup
"Yeah, sure Just take your hair out of the pony tail and brush it out" She handed me a brush, and I positioned
"I’ to put so yolk for protein"
"Whatever you say," I accepted
As she ht ht of Jared backing up his car froe into the driveway My stoether like glue
His black t-shirt rode up as he got out and popped the hood Grabbing a towel out of the back pocket of his jeans, he used it to unfasten so under the hood
"So you like the view?" KC’s voice made me blink as she appeared at my side I quickly looked down
"Back off," I an daers through the wet strands
"But he’s still an assle" I looked for a change of subject "So, how bad is it? The talk at school, I mean?" I had stayed far away fro pictures of myself in a towel, photos that everyone in town had probably seen, would only make me want to jued "It’s already dying down People are still circulating this story or that, but it’s lost its uys away this year And with this hair treatment, you’ll be absolutely fabulous" I couldn’t see her face, but I was sure she was kidding around with me Absolutely Fabulous was a British television shoatched on Coo
I tossed around the idea of telling KC about the things Madoc toldand the rumors But the dra I had no interest in being one of those friends always caught up in trouble, so I tried to act like it all botheredthe syrupy mixture ontohis shirt over his head His aly toned arms were put to shame when he turned around, and I saw his chiseled torsoMy mouth went dry, and chills shot out like needles over my body
It was the breeze It was totally the breeze
"Oh, you get to look at that every day?"
I rolled my eyes "No, I have to look at that every day Whose side are you on, anyway?" My whine was meant as a joke, but I wasn’t sure it came out that way
"The boy doesn’t have to talk forfroed ly He was beautiful, but it didn’t need to be pointed out like it actuallywith you and Lia back to school
"Oh, we’re fine He’s gotten his Ca out down there a lot I’ve gone once, but it’s boring hanging on his arht He doesn’t even race yet Apparently, there’s a waiting list, and even then you’re behind proven cars that get first dibs, because that’s who the audience wants to see"