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She shook her head, smiling drily as she leaned against the frame to the dining room. “Yeah, I’ll grab some. Thanks, Pais. Er… are you cooking all this for yourself?”
“Nah. I’m bringing it over for me and Harps.”
She scrunched up her face. I put my hands on my hips.
“Oh my god, stop giving me that look! She’s my friend, you bozo!”
She still didn’t say anything. I huffed, turning back to where I was finishing tossing the meat in the sauce.
“Fine, I take it back. You and your lousy girlfriend get none of this food. It’s all for me and myfriend,myplatonic friendHarper who I am allowed to just hang out with normally.” Even though I’d made out with her earlier. I wasn’t thinking about that right now.
But Emberlynn, the little snot, didn’t say what I’d expected. “You know… I’d support you two if you got together.”
I tried to ignore the way my entire chest constricted until it felt like I’d pass out. I shot her a look. “Oh, yeah? So, what, you just disapprove of sex before getting together? Because I’ve got some terrible news about you and my sister that was terrible news for me to find out about too.”
She hung her head. “Please. It’s not that. Just… it was a surprise. And I’d thought it was a weird one-off. But after you did itagain—”
“Hey, we just made out this time!”
She blinked. I put a hand over my mouth.
“I mean… that time.”
“Jesus Christ, Pais.” She put a hand to her forehead. “You didwhat?”
“Nothing! Made out… some… shapes in the clouds… we were watching clouds.”
“When was this?”
“Never! We never looked at clouds.” My face was burning.
“Oh my god.” She raked her hair back. She’d picked it up from Harper, now that I thought about it. I was suddenly seeing Harper everywhere. “Is that why Harper finally took a day off today?”
“No! I just thought she should have a day off—”
“You convinced her to take a day off?”
“Uh.” I blanked.
She put her hands on her hips. “And you went and made out with her.”
“No!”
“No?”
“Ugh, yes. Shut up! She didn’t want it anyway. I got rejected and shot down and now I feel like a rotten shitty loser and I don’t want to talk about it, you smug little butt. I’m bringing her food to try to smooth things out. Now go sit on a tack.”
She looked like I’d just dashed water over her face, blinking fast. “You… wait. What happened? You made out and she—what?”
“What part ofdon’t want to talk about itdon’t you get, you clod?”
She put her hands up. “Okay, okay! I’m sorry. I’m… sorry.” She winced. “That sucks. A lot. If you need somewhere to crash, someone to yell at and cry on…”
I huffed, turning away. “God, put a sock in it. I’ve heard enough. If you take pity on me then I’ll… I’ll… I’ll turn into a porcupine and die.”
“A… porcupine?”
“It’s a figure of speech, dammit!”
