“Ooh, tell me all about it,” she says as she waggles her brows.
“I can’t,” I sigh. “I need to get back to Skye.”
Jade’s face slumps. “Oh, come on, Maya. You’re already out. We can grab a coffee and have some girly time. You’re entitled to that, too.”
Hm. You sound just like Alfie.
I chew on my lip as I stare at my phone. “I’ll text Finn and see what he says.”
“Okay.”
Maya:
Hey, is it okay to grab a coffee with Jade before I come home?
If you need to be somewhere let me know and I’ll come home now
Finn:
Don’t be silly
Spend time with Jade, we’re all good here
And take as much time as you need
My heart flutters.
“What did he say?” Jade asks as she pokes her head over my shoulder. She reads over the messages and pulls back slowly. “See? He’s fine.” She grins before grabbing my arm and tugging me towards the café. “Come on. One coffee and then you can go home and see your girl.”
“Fine,” I huff.
We grab our drinks and perch ourselves at the window table. Jade is beaming at me, and I narrow my eyes.
“What?”
She rests her head on her fist. “Tell me about Alfie.”
I raise my coffee to my lips. “Nothing happened.”
“Well, he was looking at you like something happened,” she says with suggestive eyes.
“He invited me to a party.” I shrug.
“What party?”
“I don’t know, he said in a few weeks.”
Jade’s mouth falls open. “Oh, he’s talking about Fen’s party. Me and Alice were already talking about going.”
“Who?”
She laughs. “Just this guy who is super rich, I’ve heard his parties are pretty sick. Alice managed to get us in because she knows Fen’s housemate or something.”
“Yeah, well, it’s not like I’ll be going.”
“Why not?” Her face falls.
I lean in and frown. “Because I need to look after Skye.”
