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‘Hey, I barely remembered to fill up on gas so I could get to the school for graduation,’ he defended himself. ‘You think I can remember to get clothes for a party?’
‘Flynn! Come on, man, they’re doing photos!’ someone yelled over, before I even had the chance to roll my eyes at him.
‘Be there now!’ he shouted in reply. He gave me a quick peck on the lips. ‘I’ll see you tonight, Elle. See ya,’ he added to Lee, and then left to go for the photos with the rest of the graduating seniors.
‘Ew,’ Lee commented. ‘Cooties!’
I laughed. ‘Shut up...’
‘Shall we away to the Batmobile, Robin?’ He put on a deep, husky voice.
‘Let’s,’ I said, taking his arm. We exchanged a grin before heading to his car, arm in arm, and I couldn’t have felt happier: after all the drama that had come from my relationship with Noah, I still had my best friend.
Chapter 29
‘IS THAT YOU, Elle?’ I heard June say when I walked into Lee’s house.
‘Yeah!’
She came out of the office, and smiled at me. ‘I’m just locking away some of the ornaments,’ she explained. ‘So they don’t get destroyed.’
I laughed. ‘Good idea. I’m just going to head on upstairs and get ready.’
‘Sure thing, hon.’
She and Matthew were going out to some theatre show with my dad tonight – they got a night out, and they were out of the way for the party too. Brad had a soccer tourney tomorrow, and was staying over a friend’s anyway, so Dad was tagging along with Lee’s parents.
‘Lee said the boys are going to turn up earlier to help move some furniture, by the way.’
‘Oh, are they? Cool.’
‘Do you want anything to drink?’
‘I’ll grab something out of the fridge, thanks.’ I smiled again as she went into the lounge to get the rest of the ornaments, and grabbed two cans of orange soda from the fridge to take upstairs.
Lee’s door was open, and he was hanging upside down off his bed with his earphones in. ‘Long time no see.’
‘I come bearing drinks.’
‘Awesome.’ He rolled off the bed and landed in a heap on the floor before scrambling to his feet again to take the can.
‘Cam and Dixon are going to drop by at seven to help move the couches and stuff, and set up the speakers.’
‘Yeah, your mom said.’
I set down my drink on Lee’s desk and pulled my costume out of the bag. I stood up, holding the dress against me, and pulled a face. ‘Maybe it’ll look all right on...’ I thought aloud.
There was a slit in the skirt that went too high for my liking, and the top seemed too small in the wrong places. The dress was a flimsy kind of material in metallic shades; the skirt and cape were emerald green, the top of the dress was ruby red. There was a mustard-colored belt to go around my hips.
‘Try it on,’ Lee said, his voice sounding somewhat hollow.
I looked up, frowning curiously at his voice, and laughed at the Batman mask he wore. He threw the cape over his head like a veil.
‘I’m not looking, I swear.’
I laughed. ‘You look like an idiot.’
‘Sure you’re not just looking in the mirror, Shelly?’
