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Lucas appeared behind my back, reaching around me to take the saw out of my hands. “Stop playing with that.”
I pouted. “It’s fine. I’m only looking.”
He replaced the saw and touched my shoulders, spinning me around to look at him.
“Charlie?”
“Yes?”
He sighed, and I felt the whisper of it against my hair. “Why don’t…”
Ten seconds passed. “What?” I prompted.
“Why don’t you do it with me?”
“Do what?”
He sighed again. “Why are you being so dumb?”
I bristled. “I’m not being dumb, you’re being dumb. Don’t call me dumb, dummy.”
“Why don’t you just kiss me,” he practically yelled, then suddenly let go of my shoulders. “Why don’t you kiss me?” he repeated, mumbling.
I laughed. It was startled out of me, but the more I thought about it, the funnier it was. Soon, I was bending over, one hand on my stomach, the other slapped against my mouth.
“Why are you laughing?” Lucas asked.
“Because,” I said after I’d calmed down. “I mean, come on, it’s funny.”
“Why’s it funny?” He was dead serious.
“It just is. Us, kissing? That’s weird.”
“Why’s it weird?”
“Because you’re my friend! People don’t kiss their friends.”
“Sometimes they do.”
“Is this about having our first kisses? ‘Cause don’t worry, I’m sure one of the girls’s spins will land on us.”
“That’s not — why are you being so stupid?”
“I’m not stupid.”
The shed door slammed open, loud enough to make us both jump. “Time’s up!” Misa announced.
“Uh — okay,” I said, before looking back at Lucas. I only got a glimpse of him before he was pushing past me, through the door and across the lawn, ignoring Misa calling after him about the next round.
Numbly, I followed Misa back to the circle and took my seat. I was vaguely aware of what was happening — the next person to spin was supposed to be Lucas, but he had gone to the house, to go to the bathroom or something, so Brian spun it. There were shouts and laughs and oohs, but I wasn’t paying attention. Instead, I kept replaying the split-second look of Lucas I got when the shed door opened. The white light was blinding, illuminating Lucas’s face. His cheeks were pink, lips parted, and eyes wide.
Panicked.
Scared.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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