Cindi Myers Rumor Has It [HBZ 118, MBZ 110]

[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
.How else do they come up with such crazy ideas? When I got to my locker today, Alyson couldn’t wait to ask me how I liked the show Saturday night.“I’ll admit, I fell right into her trap.‘What show?’ I asked.“‘The movie, silly!’ She punched my arm.Actually punched my arm! She’s lucky she didn’t draw back a nub!” He laughed and glanced at her.“You were a feisty thing, weren’t you?”“Only in my thoughts.” She nodded toward the diary.“Keep reading.”He found his place on the page again.“‘Of course, you didn’t really see much of the show, did you?’ Alyson said.Then she doubled over in that awful laugh of hers.It sounds like she inhaled a broken accordion.‘Everyone else got to see the show you put on, didn’t they?’“I told her she wasn’t making any sense and walked away, but of course, that wasn’t the end of it.The minute I sat down in history class, Evan Stevenson and his buddies, Mark and Steve, started nudging each other and laughing.”He glanced at her again.“Those three stooges always were losers.”She nodded.“But they were football players, so they were still popular.”What could he say to that? It was true.In a town where football was king, playing on the team automatically made you somebody.He turned the page and continued reading.“Finally, I couldn’t stand it anymore.I whirled around in my seat and glared at them.‘What is so funny, you morons?’ I said.“They just laughed all the more.Then Alyson took her seat across from me.‘Don’t you know everyone saw what you did Saturday? You only thought everyone had gone home.But lots of people stayed around to see what would happen and they saw you.’“‘I was home Saturday night,’ I told her.‘I’m always home on Saturday night.What else is new?’”Guilt pinched him again.Where had he been that Saturday night? Out with friends? With another girl? Whoever it was, likely he’d really wanted to be with Taylor.Why had he been so stupid back then?“Go on,” she prompted.He nodded.“She just smirked and shook her head.‘You’re a lousy liar.Ricky Anderson told me himself that he saw you standing up there in front of the drive-in screen, big as life, taking off all your clothes while Dylan sat in the car watching.’“I stared at her.I tell you, I was seconds away from leaping out of my desk and ripping that smug look off her face with my fingernails when Mrs.Solis walked in and said it was time to start class.“After first period, I told the nurse I was sick and called my mom to come and get me.How in the world am I ever going to go back and face those morons?”“That’s enough.” She reached out and closed the book.She had a funny look on her face.Maybe hearing those words again had brought back all the old pain of that time.She could pretend the old taunts didn’t bother her anymore, but if that was the case, why were they even here, attempting to banish those old demons? He reached for her.“I wish I’d known they were saying all those things to you.I guess I was pretty stupid and oblivious.”She shook her head and gently pushed him away.“We were kids.We didn’t know anything.”“Still, I hate thinking they were so cruel.” He frowned.“And I was cruel, too, for doing nothing.”“Hey, I didn’t come out here to beat you over the head with past mistakes.” She smoothed her hand down his arm.“I came here to have a little fun with what might have been.”A shiver crept over him as he stared into her eyes and remembered the words in her diary.“A striptease?” he asked.She nodded and fingered the top button of her blouse.“Do you want to watch?”The words sent white heat lacing through him, along with a kaleidoscope of erotic images.He wet his lips and nodded.“Yeah.I’d like that.A lot.”She pushed against his chest, pressing him back against the seat.“Then sit back and relax.I think we’ll both enjoy this.”SHE WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS at first, standing out there in the open [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

Linki