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Falling For My Best Friend

NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling Author

Victorine E Lieske

CHAPTER ONE

I inhaled the intoxicating sh and baked pastries as I pushed open the door to The Bread Basket My favorite place in Sweet Water At least, my favorite place since Lucas moved to town Parker came in behind me, his nose in a comic book He bumped into my back when I didn’t move “Hey, Hannah, why’d you stop?”

“Oh, sorry,” I said, not quite listening I scanned the room for Lucas, but disappointment filled me when I didn’t see him Oh, well Maybe he’d show up Maybe he’d notice me Or even say hello to me My heart fluttered in anticipation

Lucasof the school year I fell for hi down the school hallway He had dark brown eyes, a swagger like Chris Hemsworth, and hair so cool you could tell he spent irls He was perfection wrapped up in awesomeness

I grabbed Parker’s sleeve and tugged hiirl Charlotte stood there s at me

She wasn’t actually awful That was the worst part She was nice But she was Lucas’s girlfriend so I had to hate her “Hi Hannah What can I get for you?” Charlotte asked, brushing her hair over her shoulder

“I’ll take a bear claw” I nudged Parker, who hadn’t looked up from his Green Star obsession “What do you want, Parker?”

He shoved his comic under his arm and blushed “I’ll have a cinnamon roll”

Parker was a total nerd, but he’d been rade school He’d helped e after I’d been out sick for a ith the flu, and we’d beco

“You going to the party tonight?” Charlotte asked as she pulled on a plastic glove

“No” The word came out automatically Parker and I never went to any parties That wasn’t really our scene We were more the type to study all weekend so we could keep up our 40 GPA’s But I had heard about the big blowout at Wes’s house He lived not too far up the street fro the beach

“Oh Well, if you change yourlike a dozen pizzas”