When Alec Met Evie (Appies, #6)

by Jenny Proctor

So how has it been with Alec? Is it weird to be around him without me there?” I think about Alec breezing into Ruth’s living room and calling me nerd. “I thought it might be, but it’s totally fine. He’s been really nice.” “Good. I warned him he’d better be on his best behavior.” Juno whines a little from the backseat, so when we stop at the next stop sign, I shift the car into park and turn around long enough to give her a pacifier. “What does that mean?” I ask Megan. “Why does he need to behave?” “Come on,” she says. “You know you used to have a crush on him when we were kids.” “Please tell me you didn’t tell him that.” “Pretty sure he could tell,” Megan says. “But no, I didn’t mention it. I just told him he’d better not try to woo you now that you’re all grown up and a smoking hot bombshell.” I scoff. “Woo? Who still says woo? Besides, I promise he won’t try. He literally just told me he sees me like a sister.” “I mean, probably not exactly like a sister,” Megan says. “But that does give me some comfort.” In front of me, Alec slows and pulls onto a wide concrete driveway. When he reaches the house, he opens the garage door and pulls his truck inside, leaving plenty of room for me. I park and turn off the car, then climb out, phone pressed to my ear. “It brings you comfort? Is the idea of me and Alec together that horrible for you?” It’s a stupid conversation. Megan knows better than anyone what I’ve been through in the past year. She’s the one who held my hand through th...