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“Are you okay?” Parker asks.
“Yeah, I’m glad she knows. I don’t want her to be confused about my feelings for Lewis.”
“I guess you’re right. It would’ve given her mental whiplash if she thought we were a real couple, and then next week Lewis is your boyfriend.”
Sparks ignite inside me. “Do you really think I could be with Lewis in a week?”
He grins, wiggling his eyebrows. “Why not?”
I giggle and take a large slurp of the smoothie to lower my rising body temperature.
Parker opens the store door and I freeze.
“Why don’t you wait outside?”
Parker rolls his eyes. “Geez, Green. I’m gonna see you in it tomorrow. Suck it up.”
“I can buy it on my own.”
“No way.” Parker takes my smoothie and puts both our cups in a nearby trash can. “If I leave you alone you might chicken out.”
“I’m more likely to chicken out with you standing over me.”
Parker walks me inside. “I won’t stand over you. I’m here to support you.”
“The weirdest support ever.”
“Don’t you want me to point out something that would make Lewis drool?”
I recoil. “How do you know what he’s into?”
He smirks. “Because it’s the same thing any guy would be into.”
I step away from him and toward a rack. “Ugh. Whatever.”
Parker laughs, following me. “Decoded, it just means buy something skimpy.”
“That’s exactly what Josie saidnotto get.”
“And you’re both single with unrequited crushes.”
I keep my head turned, hiding the sting left by that statement.
“You do know you’re going up against Yvette, right?”
I hold onto the rack for balance as a dizzy spell takes hold. I ground my feet and exhale hard. “I know,” I say flatly. “And I’m better than her.”
“Whoa. There’s the confidence you’ve been hiding. How so?”
“Because I don’t have to flash my body to get a boyfriend.”
Parker gives me an uneasy look. “Except Yvie is dating your crush, and your boyfriend is fake.”
My eyes roll. “I mean, I’ll get Lewis in a non-superficial way.”
“And all I’m saying is you need to get his attention with something flashy and then you can win him over with your personality.” Parker pulls a blue bikini from the rack. “This would work.”
“Yikes. Would you look at how tiny the material is? Just looking at it gives me anxiety.”
