Page 51 of We Shouldn't Be Together
“How much time do you spend out there?”
“As much as I can get. If I could, I’d live out there in the summer.”
“I’ve heard my brothers talk about parties at Dead Left Cliff.”
“I hung off the edge there last month.”
A gasp shoots out of me. “No way. That’s so dangerous.”
“Yeah, but the danger doesn’t beat the adrenaline rush.”
A nervous laugh wavers out of me. “You’re crazy.”
“Have fun with your grungy boyfriend, Tabby,” Cammy calls out as she and Yvie giggle their way past our table. “Doesn’t he look like the type to call in a bomb threat?”
Kai’s eyebrows shoot up. “Why wouldyousay something like that?”
Cammy doesn’t respond to him, and she and Yvie leave Village Coffee.
Kai has pulled out his phone and is hurriedly typing.
Unable to help myself, I lean over and glimpse his screen. His Google search reads:Garcia Family Home Made Bomb.
“What are you doing?” I screech.
“Don’t you think the way she said it sounded suspicious?”
“No, there’s no conspiracy here.”
Kai gives me an incredulous look. “Mm-hmm.”
I fold my arms in disgust. “There isn’t.”
He smirks. “Another story you girls made up.”
I don’t give him the pleasure of eye contact. “Whatever. At least we’re not the ones who dress in grungy clothes and carry around a stupid skateboard all the time.”
“Stop judging how I dress and what I do for a hobby. Do I stereotype you for having a manicure and texting all the time?”
“You’re always calling me a ditz or a witch.”
“That’s because of your personality.”
“Well, your personality isn’t exactly sunshine and roses.”
“But I’m never fake.”
My chin drops as my hand plants on my chest. “And you think I am?”
“I don’t think there’s a shred of a unique personality in your empty skull.”
I launch off my seat with such force that the chair topples backward. “How dare you!”
In a flash, he’s standing as well. “Then prove me wrong.”
“I don’t have to do a damn thing.”
“If you can stop shooting out venom when you speak, I’ll take it back.”
