as she wanted to try
and get even, she realized that wasn’t the kind of girl she wanted to be. Mina
shook her head and leaned back. “I’m sorry, I can’t do this. I made a mistake.”
A look of anger flashed in the stranger’s green eyes at her change of heart.
“No, you didn’t,” he growled.
Fast, he leaned across the table and pressed his lips to hers.
It shocked her. Literally,
there was a shock as his warm mouth pressed to hers, and she froze, unable to
move. There was something about that tone—that voice—she knew very
well. Her heart sped up, and her hands shook. His strong hands gripped her
shoulders as he kissed her. Angrily.
First she was filled with
fear, then curiosity. She could feel his anger drain away during the kiss. Then
it stopped being angry and turned gentle. He pulled away and tenderly nuzzled
her lips with his own. If he wasn’t holding her by the shoulders, she probably
would have slid to the ground.
Mina couldn’t open her eyes,
but the strange boy didn’t let go of her. Finally, when she opened them, she
saw, not the green eyes of the stranger she’d picked out of a crowd, but the
dark blue eyes that haunted her dreams. How in the world, out of the fifteen
guys to choose from, had she picked her enemy in disguise?
He stared into her eyes,
daring her to say something. He wasn’t hiding who he was from her anymore, and
she wondered if everyone could see what she saw. He smiled in triumph.
“Let me go,” she whispered.
“Never,” Teague warned under
his breath just as T.J’s hand gripped his shoulder. He turned in surprise, and
his grip loosened just enough for her to slip out of it.
Mina realized that Brody was
nowhere in sight, and she used the moment to dart into the crowd and disappear
into the fair.
Chapter
6
What had she done?
Mina ran through the crowds
of people and ducked behind the chipped yellow and blue house of mirrors. Her
trembling hand touched her lips as she tried to process what had just happened.
She’d been about to kiss a stranger to get back at Brody but decided she
couldn’t do that to him. And the strange boy she picked out of the group
happened to be Teague, wearing a glamour. What were the chances, and what did
it mean?
Why was he even at the fair,
and why the kissing booth? She wracked her brain and remembered that he had
been standing there for a while. He’d probably somehow instigated the whole
Savannah and Brody kiss, knowing Mina was in the line and would see—his
own way of tormenting her. Except that it hadn’t really worked. She didn’t feel jealous at the sight of
Brody kissing the other girls.
Could it be that her heart
was finally catching up with her mind? That she was outgrowing her high school
crush? She needed to search for the others, but she found herself back at the
Date a Cheerleader booth. The whole squad had returned from their break to
resume their dating fundraisers.
The line of guys had formed
again, and Mina was close enough to overhear Savannah and Pri talking.
“So do you think he’ll leave
her for you?” Pri asked.
Savannah had pulled out her
compact and was fixing her lipstick, wiping where kissing Brody had smeared it.
“He’d be dumb if he didn’t. I don’t get what he sees in that Grimey golddigger.
But for a moment there, he really was kissing me back, just like old times.”
A Grimey golddigger? Mina
stormed past the dunk tank and flicked her hand at the target. Mina was so
angry she didn’t even realize she’d released a burst of power toward the tank.
The dunk lever depressed and sent Savannah screaming into the tank. She spewed
out water and started screaming at Pri to find her a towel.
Then, while Savannah was
still inside the tank, a crack stretched along the clear acrylic and fanned
out. Seconds later, the tank burst and water spilled out and knocked the entire
squad of cheerleaders from their feet. They gasped and screamed and tried to
stand, but all they could do was slip and
and get even, she realized that wasn’t the kind of girl she wanted to be. Mina
shook her head and leaned back. “I’m sorry, I can’t do this. I made a mistake.”
A look of anger flashed in the stranger’s green eyes at her change of heart.
“No, you didn’t,” he growled.
Fast, he leaned across the table and pressed his lips to hers.
It shocked her. Literally,
there was a shock as his warm mouth pressed to hers, and she froze, unable to
move. There was something about that tone—that voice—she knew very
well. Her heart sped up, and her hands shook. His strong hands gripped her
shoulders as he kissed her. Angrily.
First she was filled with
fear, then curiosity. She could feel his anger drain away during the kiss. Then
it stopped being angry and turned gentle. He pulled away and tenderly nuzzled
her lips with his own. If he wasn’t holding her by the shoulders, she probably
would have slid to the ground.
Mina couldn’t open her eyes,
but the strange boy didn’t let go of her. Finally, when she opened them, she
saw, not the green eyes of the stranger she’d picked out of a crowd, but the
dark blue eyes that haunted her dreams. How in the world, out of the fifteen
guys to choose from, had she picked her enemy in disguise?
He stared into her eyes,
daring her to say something. He wasn’t hiding who he was from her anymore, and
she wondered if everyone could see what she saw. He smiled in triumph.
“Let me go,” she whispered.
“Never,” Teague warned under
his breath just as T.J’s hand gripped his shoulder. He turned in surprise, and
his grip loosened just enough for her to slip out of it.
Mina realized that Brody was
nowhere in sight, and she used the moment to dart into the crowd and disappear
into the fair.
Chapter
6
What had she done?
Mina ran through the crowds
of people and ducked behind the chipped yellow and blue house of mirrors. Her
trembling hand touched her lips as she tried to process what had just happened.
She’d been about to kiss a stranger to get back at Brody but decided she
couldn’t do that to him. And the strange boy she picked out of the group
happened to be Teague, wearing a glamour. What were the chances, and what did
it mean?
Why was he even at the fair,
and why the kissing booth? She wracked her brain and remembered that he had
been standing there for a while. He’d probably somehow instigated the whole
Savannah and Brody kiss, knowing Mina was in the line and would see—his
own way of tormenting her. Except that it hadn’t really worked. She didn’t feel jealous at the sight of
Brody kissing the other girls.
Could it be that her heart
was finally catching up with her mind? That she was outgrowing her high school
crush? She needed to search for the others, but she found herself back at the
Date a Cheerleader booth. The whole squad had returned from their break to
resume their dating fundraisers.
The line of guys had formed
again, and Mina was close enough to overhear Savannah and Pri talking.
“So do you think he’ll leave
her for you?” Pri asked.
Savannah had pulled out her
compact and was fixing her lipstick, wiping where kissing Brody had smeared it.
“He’d be dumb if he didn’t. I don’t get what he sees in that Grimey golddigger.
But for a moment there, he really was kissing me back, just like old times.”
A Grimey golddigger? Mina
stormed past the dunk tank and flicked her hand at the target. Mina was so
angry she didn’t even realize she’d released a burst of power toward the tank.
The dunk lever depressed and sent Savannah screaming into the tank. She spewed
out water and started screaming at Pri to find her a towel.
Then, while Savannah was
still inside the tank, a crack stretched along the clear acrylic and fanned
out. Seconds later, the tank burst and water spilled out and knocked the entire
squad of cheerleaders from their feet. They gasped and screamed and tried to
stand, but all they could do was slip and
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