Page 203 of We Shouldn't Be Together
“Sure. The guys are cool with me dating you.”
“Does that include Jamie?” she asks skeptically.
“You know, it’d be really great if my girlfriend and my best friend were friends, too.”
“That was my thought too, but Jamie hates me.”
“I’m important to Jamie, and you’re important to me. Therefore, she’ll want to make nice with you.”
There’s hesitation in her tone. “If you say so.”
“You’ll sit at my lunch table at school?”
She brightens. “I’d love to.”
“And no more joining in with Camila and Yvette when they make nasty cracks at other people?”
“Absolutely not. I swear.”
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Thenextdayinthe cafeteria, Kai and I move with our trays toward his lunch table. Ahead of us, Yvette shimmies her hips in search of Zane.
“My friends will be drooling right now,” Kai says under his breath. “They all have crushes on her.”
“Seriously?”
“Yeah. Parker and Lewis are practically betting on which one of them will get to her first.”
“Well, Parker was putting the moves on her the other night.”
“Too bad she’s already taken.”
I smirk. “She’s always taken. The girl doesn’t know how to be single.”
“Maybe once she breaks up with Zane, Parker or Lewis will be next in line.”
I lean into him. “You should want better for your friends than to be with a girl like Yvie.”
“She won’t magically change into a dream girl, like you did?”
Jokingly, I flick out my curls. “I’ve always been a dream girl.”
He pecks my cheek. “Yeah, but I didn’t always see it.”
“Hmm. Maybe without Camila around, Yvie could be better girlfriend material.”
Kai snaps his fingers. “So we just gotta get Camila out of the picture.”
“I think her mom is working on it. There’s a For Sale sign outside their house.”
“Don’t toy with me.”
“Since Camila’s dad bought that monstrosity of a house that overlooks their house, she’s been talking a lot about moving out of town. But I doubt it’ll happen.”
“Don’t say that.”
“It’s another ploy for attention. Mr. Garcia would hate it if his ex moved Camila away from him.”
