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“That’s an awful idea.”
I bring my hand to my mouth and giggle. “I know.”
Chapter 12
Marjorie
My legs burn for the best reason. It’s the first day of basketball tryouts, and this is the day the coach weeds out the people not willing to work hard by absolutely killing us. There’s almost no shooting or passing drills, just lots and lots of sprints. I love it because it shows me the work I’ve been putting in to stay in shape in the offseason is paying off.
I have to admit that I also enjoy the sound of Samara scoffing every time I finish before her, which is literally every time. I thought she annoyed me before, but now that we are lab partners, it’s even worse. It actually makes me wonder if I would be better off with Felicity. I shake these thoughts from my head. Samara might be annoying and turn everything we do in class into a competition, but she’s not a bad person.
Jazmin walks over to me and throws an arm around my shoulder. “A bunch of us are going to Fairfield’s after we’re done here. Want to come?”
I raise an eyebrow at her. “You want me to go to work on a day I don’t have to be there?”
“It’s ice cream.” She says it as if I would be crazy to say no.
“Fine. I’m in.”
We all freshen up after practice then split up into a few cars to go to the ice cream shop. Somehow, I end up in a car with both Samara and Genesis. Luckily, Jazmin and one of the senior girls from the team that I like are both in there too.
When we arrive, Payton is working the outside window and Delilah is working inside. Frank and Eli are running between the two spots as they prepare the orders.
Jazmin puts her hands inside her sweatshirt pocket and nods toward the entrance. “I’m going inside. It’s too cold to be standing out here, especially with ice cream.” Everyone else follows her, but I stay outside so Delilah has at least one less order to worry about.
“How’s it going?” I ask Payton when I walk up to the window.
“Terrific. No one wants to eat their ice cream outside tonight, so I’m off the hook.”
I raise my hand. “Not completely.”
Payton smiles the sweetest smile and leans forward out the window. “And what can I get for you, Marjorie?”
I tap my chin as if I actually have to think about it, even though I get the same thing every time. “Small twist in a cone…”
“With rainbow sprinkles?” Payton asks before I can say it.
“Impressive.” I peek my head around Payton. “Can you do me a favor and check who’s working with me on Sunday?”
“Don’t have to.” Payton points to herself. “It’s me.”
I tilt my head to the side, because I’m surprised by this information. “I didn’t know you worked Sundays.”
“They can’t find enough people to work weekends so Mrs. Fairfield asked me if I would do it.”
“Taking one for the team, huh?”
“Something like that,” Payton says with a laugh. She shouts my order to Eli and he quickly brings it over to me.
“Thanks, guys!” I take a long lick, loving the fact that Eli knew to add extra sprinkles, then wave goodbye to them. “I better get inside with the team, but I’ll see you both soon.”
As soon as I walk inside, Samara eyes up my ice cream and smirks and I can only imagine what’s coming. “What’s wrong, superstar? Can’t handle more than a baby cone?” She holds up her cone that has more ice cream on it than any human should ever eat in one sitting.
Is she really trying to start a competition over who can eat more? Two can play this game. “Can’t eat too much if I want to keep winning those sprints.”
Samara smiles, but I can see her gritting her teeth and know I hit a nerve. Serves her right. I normally don’t like being rude and would never brag in any other situation, but Samara was asking for it. I don’t even feel bad. Okay… So, I feel a little bad. This isn’t the person I want to be. She just brings out the worst in me.
I don’t want to make a scene here with the rest of our friends, but I make a mental note to take the time to talk to Samara and come to some sort of truce. This has gotten old, and if we want the team to be as good as possible, we all need to get along.
