high on their heads and huge smiles plastered on their faces. I want to be just like them, hell, I want to be them. I look at Liv who’s scanning her cell for other pictures of dresses she can’t wait to try on. She is one of these girls and she doesn’t even know it.
I point to a dark haired brunette in a blue gown, “Olivia,” I start, she looks up, “do you think I could pull this off?”
She squints at the picture, “Oh yeah, why not? Though honestly, I think you’d look super hot in black.” She pages through quickly to a page she has dog-eared. “This one,” she announces and points to a short black dress with feathers on the bottom.
“ Are you serious? I could never pull that off!” I’m shocked at the dress she picked. I’m decent looking I guess, but I don’t have a body like that girl!
Liv smiles hugely, “You would look rockin in that! And I know just where we can find it.”
I crinkle my eyebrows, “Where?” I think about our small town’s mall, nothing this sexy could ever be sold there.
She shows me what she’s been looking at on her phone. “Ebay.” She says with a smile. There it is, the dress, on sale for just under one hundred dollars. “We have to bid on it! It’s perfect for you.”
I shake my head. “I don’t even have a date.”
“ If all else fails, I’ll be your date. But I’m sure we’ll find someone, maybe even Tall, Dark and Handsome.” She winks at me.
“ Uh huh, sure as if I’ll ever see him again.” I’m bummed, I want to see him again, but who knows when I will, or if I will. “We’re texting occasionally,” I tell her. “But it’s nothing to write home about. He hasn’t asked me to meet up again, just Calc questions mostly.” Quick to change the subject I add, “Got any inventory that needs marking?” I don’t want to think about how much I treasure that night we spent at the store together. Or the fact that we haven’t gotten together since. It breaks my heart to not be with him. It’s weird, its’ like I feel more alive when he’s close. He’s almost like this power that takes hold of me and I’m totally addicted to it.
Liv snaps me back into my reality, the one where Hugh doesn’t walk through the door on my command. Because if we were in that world, he would be here right now.
“ Yea, a bunch of doorknobs came in this morning. The box is still by the door.”
I walk over with the tagger and start marking them. Olivia comes over to help me and the afternoon passes quickly. She tells me all about her date last night with a guy from a neighboring high school. Apparently all thoughts of Eddie have left Oliva’s mind thank goodness . She even says she’s thinking of leaving the book club. Their latest story is “not really her thing,” (AKA she’s done since he’s left for his new internship and also since he left her and his precious book club). Things with Eddie would have been weird anyway. I mean he would never have been able to take her to Senior Shuffle or anything; it would have been awkward. All the seniors at the after graduation party with a student teacher hanging around? Totally bizarre. Liv also asks about my Friday night. I lie and tell her I just stayed in, watched movies with my mom. I just hope she doesn’t ask Mom what we watched. She’s pretty close with her and they always strike up conversation when she’s over. Luckily she ignores my lies and continues on about her date. His name is Luke and he’s on the track team. Liv gushes about what she wore, what he said and so much more, but all I’m thinking about is what Jeremy has to say to me tonight and Hugh and his piercing green eyes.
Chapter 13
I drive out to the spot where I told Jeremy to meet me. Let’s see how good a six year old ghost is at remembering directions. It’s really dark tonight so I’m glad I remembered my flashlight. When I arrive near the orphanage I zipper up my coat and
I point to a dark haired brunette in a blue gown, “Olivia,” I start, she looks up, “do you think I could pull this off?”
She squints at the picture, “Oh yeah, why not? Though honestly, I think you’d look super hot in black.” She pages through quickly to a page she has dog-eared. “This one,” she announces and points to a short black dress with feathers on the bottom.
“ Are you serious? I could never pull that off!” I’m shocked at the dress she picked. I’m decent looking I guess, but I don’t have a body like that girl!
Liv smiles hugely, “You would look rockin in that! And I know just where we can find it.”
I crinkle my eyebrows, “Where?” I think about our small town’s mall, nothing this sexy could ever be sold there.
She shows me what she’s been looking at on her phone. “Ebay.” She says with a smile. There it is, the dress, on sale for just under one hundred dollars. “We have to bid on it! It’s perfect for you.”
I shake my head. “I don’t even have a date.”
“ If all else fails, I’ll be your date. But I’m sure we’ll find someone, maybe even Tall, Dark and Handsome.” She winks at me.
“ Uh huh, sure as if I’ll ever see him again.” I’m bummed, I want to see him again, but who knows when I will, or if I will. “We’re texting occasionally,” I tell her. “But it’s nothing to write home about. He hasn’t asked me to meet up again, just Calc questions mostly.” Quick to change the subject I add, “Got any inventory that needs marking?” I don’t want to think about how much I treasure that night we spent at the store together. Or the fact that we haven’t gotten together since. It breaks my heart to not be with him. It’s weird, its’ like I feel more alive when he’s close. He’s almost like this power that takes hold of me and I’m totally addicted to it.
Liv snaps me back into my reality, the one where Hugh doesn’t walk through the door on my command. Because if we were in that world, he would be here right now.
“ Yea, a bunch of doorknobs came in this morning. The box is still by the door.”
I walk over with the tagger and start marking them. Olivia comes over to help me and the afternoon passes quickly. She tells me all about her date last night with a guy from a neighboring high school. Apparently all thoughts of Eddie have left Oliva’s mind thank goodness . She even says she’s thinking of leaving the book club. Their latest story is “not really her thing,” (AKA she’s done since he’s left for his new internship and also since he left her and his precious book club). Things with Eddie would have been weird anyway. I mean he would never have been able to take her to Senior Shuffle or anything; it would have been awkward. All the seniors at the after graduation party with a student teacher hanging around? Totally bizarre. Liv also asks about my Friday night. I lie and tell her I just stayed in, watched movies with my mom. I just hope she doesn’t ask Mom what we watched. She’s pretty close with her and they always strike up conversation when she’s over. Luckily she ignores my lies and continues on about her date. His name is Luke and he’s on the track team. Liv gushes about what she wore, what he said and so much more, but all I’m thinking about is what Jeremy has to say to me tonight and Hugh and his piercing green eyes.
Chapter 13
I drive out to the spot where I told Jeremy to meet me. Let’s see how good a six year old ghost is at remembering directions. It’s really dark tonight so I’m glad I remembered my flashlight. When I arrive near the orphanage I zipper up my coat and
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