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“And youaregoing to do my essay andevery otherassignment I have for the rest of the year.”
“Fine,” I tell her.
“My chores, too. And if I want my car washed or anything like that, you’ll do it.”
“Great.”
If everything goes according to plan, I won’t have to do it for long anyway. Surely, I can manage extra homework for a couple of weeks.
“The essay is due tomorrow. I have a math assignment, too. I’ll email it to you. Have fun babysitting.”
She starts to close the door in my face.
“Wait,” I say. “Are you going to tell Ally that you know?”
She freezes, and I watch her think it over for a minute. “No, not yet—not until I thoroughly torture her. So…you aren’t going to tell her that I know, either. That’s part of the arrangement.”
“What do you mean ‘torture her’?”
She laughs. “Don’t worry, I don’t mean literally.”
“Fine.”
“You both better hope I don’t get tired of your indentured servitude,” she says before slamming the door.
“Fuck!” I yell at no one in particular. I want to tear my hair out or put my fist through her door, but I don’t do either of those things. I do my best to shake it off before going downstairs.
“Am I in trouble?” Ivy asks. “Are we going to have Girls’ Day?”
“No, you’re not in trouble,” I tell her. I’m the one who’s in trouble. I should have thought about this—and Ishouldtell Ally that she knows, too. “But no. Darci has homework, so no Girls’ Day. You’re stuck with me. Do you still want ice cream?”
She looks a little disappointed but nods. My phone vibrates in my pocket as I lead her into the kitchen.
Ally:Grace is home. I’m turning this off now. I’ll text you again before I go to sleep. Have fun babysitting. <3
Me:Okay.
Shit.
Me:I love you.
I shake my head and shove the phone back into my pocket.
What I should have said is that I fucked up. And I’m sorry, Ally.
Between the stress of what’s going on with Ally, Darci finding out about us, Parks, and doing both my own and Darci’s homework, I didn’t get much sleep the last two nights. I hear my alarm go off but struggle to pull myself out of bed. I must sink back into some half-awake/half-dream state because I swear I feel a warm body next to mine. I reach for Ally and wrap my arm around her waist, hearing the click of an iPhone camera when I do.
I force my eyes open and see that it’s Darci lying next to me, andDarci’sbare stomach my hand is resting on.
“What the fuck are you doing?!” I scream. “Get out of my room!”
“Relax,” she says, climbing out of my bed and crossing her arms over her bare chest. “Just a little extra insurance. I need to be sure you’ll do what I want.”
“You are fucked up,” I tell her. “Deleteit, now!”
“Hmm…no, I don’t think I will,” she says. “And if I think for even asecondyou’ve told Ally what I know or anything about this arrangement, she’ll be the first one to see it.”
She smirks and walks out the door.
