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June 30 - June 30, 2025
“I promise I’ll be nicer to you, Betty. I’ll use that wax you like next time I wash you. I’ll give you a nice oil change and check your tire pressure. You’d like that, wouldn’t you? I’ll do whatever you want. Just please start.”
“Crap. Crap. Crap.” I slammed Betty’s hood back down. “I thought we were friends,” I yelled at her. “How could you do this to me?” To make sure she fully understood my disappointment in her, I swung my foot at one of Betty’s wheels.
Well, I’m Reed Darling. Now the stranger has a name.” “You could still be a danger, Reed Darling.” “I promise I’m not a danger to you.”
“I didn’t catch your name . . .” “I didn’t give it. Apparently, I’m the only one who’s concerned about stranger danger.”
Do you usually go running in the freezing cold on Saturday nights?” “Only when my damsel-in-distress radar goes off.” “Oh, and I suppose that makes you Prince Charming?” “Sorry, princess, but I’m definitely no prince.”
The driver jumped out, and I had to suppress a laugh when I caught sight of him. He was dressed in a giant lobster costume. He was a large guy, built just like his son, with the same deep blue eyes and dark hair, although his was dusted with specks of grey. When he saw the smile on my lips, his expression dimmed. “I thought you were going to tell her not to laugh, Reed.” Reed was failing to withhold his smile too. “She’s laughing at a joke I told, Dad. Not at your glorious lobsterness.”
Between her clumsiness walking on the ice and the way she eyed the snow with such distaste it had been easy to tell she wasn’t from around here.
Same girl, winter be tough
Sometimes, it felt like girls only saw me for my stick—my hockey stick, that was.
snort
Parker scoffed. “Stop being so negative, Grumpson.” Grayson shot him a deadly look,
amazing nickname
“And I’m not following my heart. I’m just doing Violet a favor.” “Sorry, did I say heart?” Parker replied. “I meant dick.”
Pretty sure the only time growling is allowed is in one of those dirty books Mom likes to read,”
A women of taste!
Gone was the sweet boy I’d fallen for over the summer, and out of the shadows emerged a new beast—Jerkemy.
Good name! He really is awful.
“What can I say?” I slowly turned and smiled up at Reed. “I guess I’ve finally found the kind of hockey player whose jersey I want to wear.”
Damn girl, hit him where it hurts!
“Being your friend isn’t reason enough?” “We’ve met three times,” she replied. “We’re acquaintances, at best.”
Matt was right. I was a goner—and I had been ever since I’d seen her swing her foot at her car.
I quickly turned my focus back to Matt and Owen. “So, guys, I was promised some embarrassment?” I said to Reed’s friends.
“Yep, best friends since our first day of school,” Matt replied. “We both had the same Spider-Man lunchboxes, and I simply can’t ignore a sign from fate.”
Nothing makes friends quicker than Spiderman
“I’m not getting into anyone’s pants!” I yelled. It was bad enough people I didn’t know said that crap about me. I didn’t need to hear it from my family even if they were just winding me up. To make things worse, my mom took that moment to enter the kitchen. “Glad to hear it, Reedy,” she said, giving me a pat on the shoulder as she grabbed her keys off the table and left the room again.
“If only he knew the truth that you’re really more of a cuddly bear than a grizzly one.” “No one must ever know,” I joked.
we are never, ever, getting back together.”
From the word of Taylor Swift
My eyes narrowed on her. “He’s just playing the part of my fake boyfriend.” “And those pining looks were just him playing the part too?” “There were no pining looks!” “There were so pining looks. Reed is totally hot for you.” “He’s not even lukewarm for me.” “He’s a boiling kettle about to start whistling.”
“You’re not just his niece,” Mia argued. “You’re like his adopted second daughter. He’d go to bat for you just as viciously as he would for me if he needed to.”
HELL YEAH, we love Uncle Luke in this house!
“Oh, I know that. Reed’s told me all about you.” “Has he now?” Violet tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear, and her eyes danced with curiosity. “She practically waterboarded me,” I grumbled.
“Who’s this?” she cooed as she sat down next to Stanley who was curled up near my pillow. “Oh.” I laughed, relieved she hadn’t found something incriminating. “That’s Stanley. Like the cup.” “You named your dog after a tumbler?” She looked confused
This is the funniest thing I have ever read in my entire life LOL
“I guess I’ll have to tell Chrissy from econ she was wrong.”
OH DANG, my name in the book
“Look, I think we all know I’m the real knight in this family,” Parker added, making everyone groan. “Dude, you’re the one the girls need rescuing from,” Cammie said.
It was the perfect photo. We both looked so happy, and below the picture, Reed had shared a two-word caption: “My girl.”
I love when your partner posts pictures of you <3
“I know you don’t trust me. Why are you encouraging me to pursue your friend?” “Because I think there’s a chance Vi might be right about you,” she said. “And if the worst thing about you is that you broke Jeremy’s nose, well, that might just make you my hero.” “I’m no hero.”
“I just want to help.” “I know, but I’m trying to convince people I’m not a puck bunny, not that I’m their one true queen.”
“Are you sure he doesn’t like you?” Mia asked. “He can’t,” I replied. “We promised each other we wouldn’t get feelings.” “You developed feelings,” she replied. “I’m an idiot.”
“What if I’m only setting myself up to get hurt again?” I asked. “I guess you have to decide if he’s worth the risk. And whether you’re willing to take the risk,” she said.
the yoda of relationship advice
I reached out and took his hands once more. “Don’t let me fall,” I said. “Never,” he replied.
I liked Reed, and how I’d well and truly gone and broken my golden rule.
“It’s never been real, Reed. It can’t have been.” “No, Violet. The truth is, it’s never been fake. Not for me.”
“You can call me whatever you want, Sunshine. As long as you call me yours.”
I turned and held my hand out to her. “I was hoping we could dance.” “I thought you didn’t like dancing,” she replied. “I like dancing with you.”
