Lahat ng Kabanata ng Filling in the Boyfriend spot: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

Wow. That sounded awful. I couldn’t imagine my mom picking up and moving every time there was trouble. I felt bad. “I’m sorry.” I remembered her saying something about how much her mom dated. Usually horrible men.Her eyes snapped up to mine and hardened. “It’s no big deal. Claire said I could move in with her for a few weeks if that happened.”“Oh. Well, good. That will help. I just wanted to see if you were okay.”Her gaze went over my shoulder to where I’d left Hayden sitting. “Are you pretending to care because you’re worried about me or worried about what I know?”“What?”She smirked. “Watch your back, tia, I’m getting warmer.” She started to walk away then over her shoulder said, “Ninety days.”Mea had killed the mood, and seeing as how I had avoided home for four hours now, I knew I had to face my parents. So I told Hayden I’d better g

My head snapped up. The accusations mea had made of how big a flirt I was, the angry look Bec had given me when I first met her, all came to my mind.Bec caught my eye. “Oh, please. Not you.”“I didn’t think it was me.”She rolled her eyes. “You totally thought it was you.”My cheeks went hot from the accusation.“Whatever. You were right to think it because you do represent the type of girl he likes. It’s why I hated you at first. Well, that and you crushed his band.”“That was his band?”“He’s the drummer.”I sat back in her desk chair. “Maybe you should scream that.”“That I hate you?”“No, that Nate is clueless.”“Nate, you’re clueless!”“You have the most awesome girl standing right in front of you and you’re busy being blind!” I screamed.

I took the ball from his hand. “If I don’t break it, I’m going to be really embarrassed.”“You’ll break it.”I angled my body slightly, stepped, then threw. The windshield shattered with a satisfying crack. I smiled. “That was awesome!”“So cathartic, right?” Bec asked.“Yes.” I let out a happy sigh.Bec picked up a few balls from the ground. “I’ll go play fetch with the dogs for a little bit. Be right back.”Hayden started picking up the balls, throwing them back into the bucket. I helped him. “You guys do this a lot?”“Not really.” The amount of broken or cracked windows on the surrounding cars seemed to say the opposite.“Did he recently bring that car in?” I asked, pointing to an equally rusty but completely free-of-damage car that sat by a tree across the yard.“No. We don’t touch that one. It’s a

I sat at the head of the table, the other members of the student council staring at me, waiting for me to say something. I usually enjoyed leading discussions, but so far I had been useless in this meeting.“tia,” Daniel, the vice president, said, “I think we’re ready to move on to item number two.”“Right.” I looked down at the paper in front of me. Item number two was one I had fought for, an all-night graduation party on the beach. “Did everyone complete their assignments?”“We’re good on permits,” Daniel said.“I haven’t been able to get a band,” Ashley said. “Were there any bands that tried out for prom that would work for this?”“No . . .” I paused, thinking about Nate’s band. “I don’t know, maybe.” The day we had auditioned bands had been a long one. Maybe we weren’t hearing clearly for the last ones. “I’ll find out and let you know. What about the food? Is that

 He let out a growl. “It was a play first.” “Is it scary?” “It’s a fairy-tale mash-up.” The lights went dark and the orchestra started to play. A spotlight lit up the curtains and they parted. Hayden flipped my hand palm up on his knee and began running a slow finger up and down each of my fingers. My nerves were so heightened that the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. I laid my head on his shoulder. He smelled amazing—like body spray and laundry detergent. If he was trying to make it impossible to watch the show he had brought me to, he was doing a really good job of it. By the time intermission had rolled around I was so caught up in the moment of being here with Hayden that I’d almost forgotten other people were watching the show with us. The loud applause brought me out of my daze. When the house lights came on, I sat up.