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Bronte smiled sadly. “I miss you guys.”
Sam frowned. “You all right?”
She only nodded, and Alex butted in, sticking his head in front of mine. “I was just trying to get the gossip from your friend here.”
“What?” All three of the girls echoed the question, and I tugged the broom out from underneath Alex with a snarl.
Sam’s eyes lit up. “Are you keeping secrets from us?”
“No.”
Laney got up from her bed. “Okay, let’s hear it.”
Alex raised his hand. “She was about to tell me about Jason.”
“The Boy Scout?” Bronte asked, moving closer to the screen.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with a Boy Scout,” Alex said. “They’re always prepared.”
I groaned. “Can’t you be like a regular boss and yell at me for not working?”
He scrunched his nose and popped out a hip. “I’m not a regular boss. I’m a cool boss.”
Laney caught theMean Girlsreference. “You can’t sit with us!”
Alex pointed to his glossy pink shirt, but before he could get another line out, Sam said, “So, what’s the deal with the Boy Scout?”
When I hesitated, Bronte whined, “Come on, quick. I need to hear before all the kids come in.”
Resting against the broom, I relayed the events from the previous night.
“So, you like him?” Sam asked.
“No. He’s impossible.”
Laney, now in her bathroom with a toothbrush in her mouth, said, “But you like him.”
“We have nothing in common.”
“But you like him. Honey, he’s hot and single.” Alex waved the dustrag above his head. “What’s the problem?”
“Well,” I started, setting my cell phone down against a jar of honey so I could pretend to sweep. “He might not be single. He got a phone call from someone named Bridget last night.”
“Bridget?” Bronte repeated.
“Yep.”
“Okay. And?” Laney spat out her toothpaste. “Are you going to ask him about it?”
I avoided the question, diligently sweeping.
“Gemma Rose,” Alex chided, and the three girls oohed like I was in trouble.
“You sound like my mom when you say that.”
“Good. Your mother’s a queen. Are you going to call him?”
“I have a lot of stuff to do today. Yoga tonight.”
