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.When Linc registered who I was, he flinched.Then, he winced and pressed the heel of his hand to the side of his head.“Not Mike,” I said as I glared.“Mind much?”“Oh.” He squinted and then looked at me.“Oh, ah—” Mouth open, he hooked a thumb over his shoulder.“That’s your room.”“Yeah.You passed out on my bed.”“I didn’t…I mean, we didn’t do—”“No!” I pinched my eyebrows and stomped back over to the jet area and out of sight.“I told you to get out of my bed and shoved you, and you said, ‘No, Mom.Sleepy.’ After that, you did a very good impression of Sleeping Beauty.”“Sleeping Beauty?” He sounded offended.“Okay, a dead man.Is that better?”“No.Well, I’m glad we didn’t really, because…hmmm.I don’t remember much after about 3:00 a.m.I’d hate to have done something with you and have no memory of it.”“Sure.” I snapped off the water.I moved to the entrance to the shower and jerked the towel off the warming bar.“Because it’s not having the memory that would upset you, not that you did something with someone your friend likes.”“Cut the bullshit, Skye.You act like you don’t even like him.Anyway, he said you shot him down.”“Shot him down,” I muttered as I dried myself.I wrung out my hair, rubbed the towel over it briskly, and then wrapped the towel around my body.“Yeah, I didn’t want to make out with a drunk person who smelled like cigarette smoke.”“Would you have if he wasn’t drunk?”My cheek and eye twitched, and I shook my head.“I’m not talking to you about him.” After double-checking that my towel was secure and covered me well, I walked out of the shower.Linc was sitting on the counter beside my bag, holding my phone in his hand and looking through my things.“Get outta my stuff,” I barked and snatched the bag and phone away from him.After moving my belongings to the other end of the counter, I took out my comb.“You’re wearing panties with little blue stars, today,” Linc said with a smile.“A plain, tan bra, size—”I whipped the comb across his naked thigh and then pointed it at him.He hissed and rubbed the reddening spot.“Get.I need to change.”“Giy-it,” he said, mocking my accent, and winced at the welt on his leg.“I feel like a bad dog.” He jerked his chin at my bag and grinned at me.“Say, does Whit know your bra size?” He hopped down and unlocked the door.I shoved him out of the bathroom.Since he was an athlete and solid, I knew he let me shove him.When I did, we found Whit sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at Linc’s strewn clothes.“What the hell, man?” Whit asked.Linc held up his hands.“Look, dude.I—”I cut him off by saying, “Your drunk B-F-F crawled up in bed with me and passed out.So, don’t worry.This kettle,” I pointed to myself with the comb, “is still pristine.” I slammed the bathroom door closed.Through it, I could hear them.I couldn’t make out specific words, so I tried to ignore them.I took off the towel and put on my underwear.In preparation for flying, I brought a long-sleeved T-shirt, my favorite black hoodie, jeans, and sneakers.After dressing—except for the hoodie—I took out my dryer and blew out my hair.I normally would’ve let it air dry, but the roar drowned out everything else so nicely.I dusted powder over my face, added a bit of clear gloss, tugged on my hoodie, and declared myself ready for the airport.When I walked back into the bedroom, Linc and Whit stopped talking and looked at me.Whit started to speak, but my phone rang.I grumbled mock curse words, and after digging out my phone and seeing it was my stepmother, I answered.Turning my back on the boys, I said, “Hey, Lizette.”“Skye, honey.I just wanted to call and check in.Are you still going to that concert?” She sounded worried.“Yes, ma’am.”“I don’t think that’s something Winston would approve of.Is anyone going with you?”“Uh, yeah.Some friends,” I lied.“Well,” she drew out the syllable, “I guess if you won’t be alone, I shouldn’t tell you no.I’m not really your mother.” She always said things like that, as if it freed her of any responsibility where I was concerned.“Are you flying out, today?”“Yeah, at noon.”“You’ve got plenty of money?”“Some cash, and I’ve got a card.I’ll see you soon.”“I look forward to it, honey,” she said.I ended the call and turned back toward Whit and Linc.“Do I need to call a cab?” I asked as I scrolled through my saved numbers.“No.” Whit came to me and pushed my hand down so I couldn’t fool with the phone.“I’m fine, and I said I would drive you.”I dropped the phone in my bag.“Saying you will drive me and wanting to drive me are two different things.How long until we leave?”He looked surprised and confused.“You don’t want to eat or anything? You have plenty of time.” He tried a smile on me.“I thought you might make me breakfast, again.”I narrowed my eyes.“Could you be more self-absorbed?”“It was a joke, Skye.”I slung my bag over my shoulder and left the room.I went down to the bottom floor and over to the kitchen.Linc and Whit followed me.The three of us were the only people awake.After digging around in the fridge, I found a bottle of juice.In the pantry, I found a box of meal bars and snagged one.As I shook up the juice, I asked, “Can we go, soon?”Whit took out a bottle of juice.“I didn’t think you had a bad time last night.I mean, other than Linc getting in bed with you.”I chugged the juice and set the bottle down on the counter.“You are completely clueless, you know.Unconscious Linc,” I jerked my head toward him, “wasn’t really much of a problem in the grand scheme of things.” I took a big bite of the meal bar and found it overly chewy.I crossed one arm over my stomach and propped my elbow on it to hold the meal bar near my mouth.“Did you have fun after I left?”“I’d say,” Linc chimed in, which got him punched in the arm by Whit.“What? It isn’t like she wouldn’t find out.” Whit glared at Linc.I held up a hand.“Don’t tell me.” I took another bite and chewed like a cow.“Just take me to the airport.”“I didn’t screw anyone,” he said, taking my wrist and pulling my hand away from my body.I shrugged.“It doesn’t really matter.Screw whoever you want [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]