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“Before you say no,” Parker attempts, but I cut her off.
“Too late. I already said it.”
“It’s for the pandas,” she states, shooting me a disgruntled look. “Official Uplift business. The kid we put in charge of the ‘save the pandas’ fundraiser completely dropped the ball. He had weeks to fundraise, but he didn’t, and the deadline is today. We have to raise $5,000todayin order to reach our goal, so we’re dressing like this to draw extra attention to our cause.”
“There’s no way in hell those skirts aren’t violating the dress code.”
“Look who’s concerned about rules all of a sudden,” Hannah murmurs.
I shoot her a look and she plays at innocence while Parker simply defends her position. “They’re definitely against dress code, but I’m basically a rich kid now. I can wear whatever I want, and no one will say anything about it,” she says haughtily.
“I will personally rip those clothes off your body if you don’t go change right now.”
She shakes her head, reaching into her bag and pulling out a clipboard. “Nope. I’m not changing until we’ve raised the money. If you’d like to help us collect donations, maybe we’ll get there faster, but—”
I grab the clipboard out of her hand. “Give me a pen.”
She reaches into her bag and hands over a pen.
I write my name in the first slot, then I jot down $5,000 under donation amount. “The pandas are saved,” I state, handing back the clipboard. “Now, go change your fucking clothes.”
Parker gapes at the clipboard, then her big doe eyes shoot back to me. “Is this a serious donation?”
“Sure is.”
“You have to actually pay this amount.”
“Is that how a donation works?”
She shoots me a look, but then she looks down at the clipboard and brightens. “Wow. Well, I guess we did it,” she says, looking over at Hannah.
Hannah tugs at the bottom of her tight skirt. “Great. I figured it would take all day, so I didn’t bring a change of clothes.”
“At least it’s Halloween weekend,” I say.
“Do you want my clothes to change into?” Parker offers. “I can just steal clothes from Landon.”
Hannah shakes her head. “That’s okay. We went to all this trouble. I’ll just wear it. Maybe I’ll get more donations,” she says brightly.
“Save the pandas even harder.” Parker nods. “I like it.”
“Bring your clipboard by my table at lunch and you can easily double it if you’re wearing that,” I advise her. “Not you,” I tell Parker, pointing back at the bathroom. “You go put on something that won’t cause me to beat people up.”
“You know onlyyoucan cause you to beat people up, right?” Despite her words, she comes over to give me a kiss.
I glance down the hall, then back the other way. Since there’s no one around, I slide an arm around her and tug her in for a better kiss.
“I don’t know how good this lipstick is. I might get it all over you,” she murmurs, pulling back when her lips are inches from mine.
“It’s a risk I’m willing to take,” I say before closing the distance.
“Mm. Do you like my sexy panda costume?” she teases, her lips still close enough to kiss.
Since my hand is resting on the soft fabric at the small of her back, I can tell it feels nice. “You can wear it for me later while the parents are at Fright Night.”
Sighing, she says, “I love when they have date nights.”
“I’m just glad I spent my time making panda sweaters foryourbenefit,” Hannah remarks with light amusement.
