She smiles, her eyes still closed. “Like you don’t know what I was doing.”
I chuckle. Making out with me, that’s what she was doing.
Once Skit Night finished and all the campers and their families went home, I took Olivia into town for dinner. It was raining when we got back to camp, so we curled up in my bed and watched a movie on my phone—no fancy sheet screen and projector this time. The screen was small, meaning we had to crowd each other a little bit, and even then, I don’t think I could tell you much about the plot of that movie. Though that’s probably more to do with the fact that I was paying more attention to Olivia than to it.
In a low voice, my mouth still next to her ear, I say, “You could remind me.”
She opens her eyes, a wicked glint in them that makes me think she’ll do just that, even with Matt and Brynn a few feet away in the front seat. I can’t seem to make myself care about their presence either.
I lean in as Olivia’s phone starts ringing, my sister’s name flashing on the screen.
Olivia pulls away from me and sits up. “I better get this.”
She accepts the call. “Hi! What’s going on?” Olivia says into the phone. She listens. I can hear Annie’s voice, but not what she’s saying.
“Same old, same old here,” Olivia responds. “How about you? Oh! You never told me how that date went with the IT guy a couple of weeks ago.”
Hold on. Annie didn’t tell me about any date with an IT guy. I tap my hand against Olivia’s thigh to get her attention. She looks up at me. “What guy?” I mouth.
She waves me off and focuses back on her conversation with Annie. She squeals. “He didn’t!”
I tap her again. “What did he do?” I whisper.
She glares at me. “No, no. I’m on the way to Schlitterbahn with a few of the other counselors.” I try to get her attention again to tell her toshut up, but she ignores me.
I hear Annie’s voice pitch louder on the other end of the phone. Olivia freezes and looks up at me, her eyes wide. “Oh, uh, yeah.” She rubs her forehead. “I guess Gage is one of the other counselors going. He told you about that, huh?”
I groan.
“Yeah, it’s a bunch of us, so…” She listens, then smirks at me. “Yes, I’ll make sure he wears sunscreen.”
“Unbelievable,” I mutter.
“You know, he hasn’t been hanging out with me very much…” I scowl at her. She’s going to get me in trouble with my sister, making me sound like I’m not keeping my promise to try to be friends this summer.
“Uh, yeah, he’s in the same car as me. Yep. Oh, you want to talk to him? Yep. Give me one second.”
Olivia mutes the call and hands me the phone. “Play it cool,” she warns me.
I take the phone from her and unmute the call. “Hey, Nini.”
My sister’s voice comes through the phone. “Gage, tell me you haven’t been ignoring Delaney.”
I give Olivia a dirty look. “No, I haven’t been ignoring her.” I smile smugly. “If anything, I thinkshe’sbeen ignoringme.”
Olivia smacks my arm. “Ow!” I say involuntarily.
“Are you okay?” Annie asks on the other end of the line.
“Yeah, fine. Sorry about that.”
“Listen, do me a favor and make sure Delaney has fun today please.”
I grin. “Oh, you want me to make sure she hasfuntoday?” I waggle my eyebrows, which makes Olivia stifle a laugh. “I can probably handle that.”
I can make sure Olivia has all sorts of fun at the water park today, though I’m not planning on telling Annie the details.
“Okay, thanks. Love you, Gage. Can you give me back to Delaney now?”
