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The pink tips were pure punk, but the bleach blond roots were positively Malfoy-esque. Not just anyone could pull that off.
As her fingertips lingered at his jaw, I had a real urge to smack her hand away—or stick gum in her hair, but I thought that sounded a little too grade school. Best stick with the smacking. It was considerably more adult.
In other words, Hooker was the Amidala to my Hermione.
“Did she also tell you—” I lowered my voice. “—that I’m not batting for the same team?” Hooker laughed as we walked into our class. “And by that, I mean: I like boys.” “I knew it was a long shot. If you were gay, there’s no way you could’ve resisted all this.”
“So, what’s your type?” The comment was so out there I looked up. “What?” “Earlier, at school, you said you weren’t into bad boys…or girls,” he added with a wink. “Just made me wonder who you’re into.” You. No joke, it was the first thing that popped into my head.
“What’s your dream girl like?” “Freckles,” he said not missing a beat. “What?” I scoffed, secretly pleased. I had freckles! “Way to narrow the field, Baldwin.” “You didn’t let me finish.” Eyes moving over me with a focus that made my breath catch, he said, “Cute freckles, wavy brown hair, about five six, hazel eyes. Naturally beautiful.” “Becks—” “She’s smart—,” He talked right over me. “—can quote Star Wars, curses like a German sailor when she’s mad. Someone who makes me laugh out loud, a girl who’s herself and lets me be me. Sounds pretty great, right?” I stared at him. A moment, two hours,
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“You jerk. Why’d you say all that? Was it to embarrass me or what?” He laughed the whole thing off like nothing happened. “It’s true, Sal. You’ve ruined me for other women.”
“I’m serious,” I said. “I can’t take another mystery date, and Hooker refuses to give up. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope. This is the only way I can think of to stop the madness.”
Becks and I had never been weird around each other before. Not even after I’d told him about my secret life-long crush on Lucius Malfoy from the Harry Potter series. That hair, the voice, that whole uptight baddie/aristocrat thing... It was embarrassing, but the guy was just yum. This couldn’t be any bigger than that, could it?
