Page 49 of We Shouldn't Be Together
“Maybe.”
“Then give me your textbook.”
“What? No way.”
“We’re supposed to be partners. If you sabotage your partner, you fork over your possessions.”
“No, that’s not a thing.”
“But you could have spoken up. What’s the point of us being here if I don’t have a textbook?”
He kicks back in his chair. “You tell me.”
“Ugh.” I groan. “You’re impossible.”
“Tabby?” a shocked voice calls out.
I look up to the o-shaped mouths of Cammy and Yvie.
Why? Just, why?
The girls saunter over to us, gazes swaying between me and Kai.
Seriously, why?
“What’s going on, Tabby?” Yvie asks, holding back a laugh. “Are you on a date?”
Repulsed grunts reverberate out of me and Kai.
“I thought something was going on between you two during chemistry,” Cammy teases.
“You mean all our arguments?” I reply hastily. “Besides, what are you doing here, Cammy? I thought you were supposed to be with your dad this afternoon?”
“He got called away.” For a moment, quiet sadness ripples over her. That is until she flicks her hair off her shoulder and her superiority lifts. “You know, he’s important, Tabby. The Logan’s Point redevelopment project can’t happen if my father isn’t around. It lives and dies with him.”
I nod at her, unblinking. I feel attacked with a lot of information that I didn’t ask for.
“Seriously,” Yvie pipes up like she’s about to burst. “Are you two dating?”
Kai scoffs. “Okay, got it.You’rethe dumbest one in the group.”
Yvie recoils in offense.
“Yvie, this is more like a kidnapping than a date. We’re doing stupid chemistry homework.”
“Uh-huh,” Cammy utters.
I squint at my friends. “Why on earth would you guys think this is a date? All I do is complain about him.”
Yvie giggles. “Sounds just like when a boy kicks the back of your shoes when he likes you.”
Creases form across my face as I take in her words.
Umm, what?
Yvie nods emphatically. “You have no idea the mixed signals Zane has been giving me. So hot and cold and I’m living for it.”
“You want him to be cold to you?” I question.
