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My chest clenches when I hear her name.
I clear my throat. “Oh, uh, I’m okay.”
The guilt isn’t as crippling anymore. Mostly because Iknowwhat happened wasn’t my fault. Whoever put out this hit on my life is the guilty one. I’m just an innocent victim in all of this, just like Anna. But I still feel partly responsible.
He nods. “Good. I’ve been worried.”
That’s sweet of him.
Not wanting to talk about Anna, I angle my body toward him. “How is your little sister doing?”
He raises an eyebrow. “What?”
“You said she got dumped,” I remind him.
He laughs. “Oh. She’s already got another boyfriend. Her ex-boyfriend’s best friend. She says she’s not dating him to get revenge, but her ex is very jealous.”
I grin. “Wow. Your little sister has a better dating life than me.”
He rolls his eyes. “She has a better dating life than me too. I swear my parents had her just to torture me.”
I chew on my lip, wondering how I should ask him to homecoming. I try to pluck up the courage, but every time I try to open my mouth, my heart races faster. Even my palms are sweaty.
“I’m not good at all of this.” Griffin waves a hand between us. “Usually girls ask me out. I’ve never been the one to do the asking before.”
I turn to him, my eyes wide.
Is he going to ask me out?
He clears his throat. “What I’m trying to get the courage to ask you is, will you go to homecoming with me?”
Relief washes over me. “I’ll go with you if you’ll go with me.”
He grins, nodding his head. “Yeah, I think I can do that.”
I let out a sigh of relief.
That was easier than I thought it would be.
“I’m so relieved you said yes,” Griffin tells me. “I really thought you had a crush on that guy you’re always hanging out with.”
I wrinkle my nose. “No way. He’s like a brother to me.”
Lie.
It’ssucha lie.
But Griffin doesn’t need to know that.
Griffin’s grin widens as he scoots closer to me. “Good. Because, if you couldn’t tell, I kind of have a crush on you.”
I swallow hard at his confession. “You do?”
He nods.
I wish I knew what to do or say. If I were braver, I would close the distance between us and I would kiss him. But I’m not brave—not at all. It doesn’t help that IknowHunter is watching from a distance. Having my first kiss with an audience just isn’t something I’m interested in doing. So I scoot away from him slightly, finally able to breathe when there is a little distance between us.
Griffin smirks at my move. “You keep surprising me.”
