Big Fat Liar 2 (Big Fat Liar #2) by Cookie Moretti Page A

and grey shirt that outlined his muscles. "Well?" He grinned at her, "how was your date with Jerry?"
    Callie was still in her purple pajamas, now a little loose on her. She stared at Chris, not a trace of a smile on her face. Looking at her solemn expression, Chris immediately knew that something was wrong and that wiped the smile off his face in a matter of seconds.
    "What's wrong?" He demanded, letting himself in her apartment. He closed the door behind him and stared at Cal. "Hey, what happened? Did Jerry say something mean to you? I swear to God if he did I'll-"
    "You'll what?" Callie asked. "You'll what, Chris?"
    Chris clamped his mouth shut, brows furrowing. He opened his mouth to say, "I'll deal with him."
    "How very noble of you." Callie turned and walked away from him. She felt too dead inside to even be happy that he was in her apartment. She felt like the lowest human being on earth. For this man, she had lied and lied and lied...and for what? To date other women? Other men? To slowly die inside as she watched another woman claim him?
    "Cal," Chris followed her, "what happened? I spoke to Jerry earlier and he said you two had a good time."
    "Then why did you come here to ask me how the date went if you already knew?" She asked, walking in the kitchen. She opened the fridge and took out a carton of apple juice.
    "Cause I wanted to hear your side of the date," he told her, watching her pour some juice in a purple plastic cup she had taken out a cabinet.
    "The date was fine."
    "Then why the hell do you look like that?"
    "Like what?"
    "Like hell."
    "Well excuse me." Callie slammed the cup and carton on the counter. "It's still early in the morning and I had just woken up."
    "Huh." Chris studied her face, noting the dark circles around her eyes. "You two didn't go out and get hammered last night did you? You look like you're suffering from a hangover."
    Callie glared at him. "Chris, did you come here to shoot insults at me?"
    He grinned. "No, sorry, my bad."
    Any other time she would have melted under that charming grin but not this time. Instead she grabbed the purple cup and drank all the apple juice within it in one go. Chris stared at her, brows shooting up.
    "I was thirsty," she explained, tossing the empty cup in the sink.
    "Uh huh." Chris crossed his arms and leaned his hip against the counter. "So, how was the date?"
    "Fantastic." She walked past him.
    "Fantastic?" Chris followed her into the living room. "That's it?"
    Callie sat on her couch and flipped on the t.v with the remote. "What else do you want me to say, Chris?"
    Chris sat on the arm of her couch and frowned at her. "Jerry said he had fun and would like to take you out again."
    "No thanks."
    Chris blinked. "What?"
    "I said no thanks."
    "What do you mean 'no thanks'?"
    Callie sighed and looked up at him. "What? Do you need me to Google the definition of 'no thanks' for you?"
    "Whoa." Chris raised his palms up. "Look who woke up in the wrong side of the bed this morning."
    Callie turned her attention back to the t.v and continued to aimlessly flip through channels. "Cal," she heard Chris say, "what's wrong, buddy? You said you had a fantastic time so why not go on another date with Jerry?"
    "Because I don't want to."
    "And why not?" He pressed. "I don't get it."
    "Because you're a clueless idiot," she muttered under her breath.
    "What was that?"
    "Nothing."
    "I heard what you said. What exactly am I a clueless idiot about?" Chris crossed his arms. "Please, enlighten me."
    Callie stood and tossed the remote on the couch. "Nothing, Chris. Nothing. You're wonderful."
    "Now you're just being a smartass, Cal. What the hell is up with you?"
    "What's up with you!?" She shot back, completely fed up with him.
    Chris stood, towering over her. "What the hell does that mean?"
    Frustrated, she poked his beefy chest. "I mean what's up with you and bombarding me with blind dates all of a sudden!?"
    "I've only set you up with Susan and Jerry!"
    "Yeah!" She cried,