Lilla goes to answer the door.
"Jack!" Who? "What a nice surprise!"
He smiles. "I brought you lunch."
"Thanks! Ooh, it looks delicious!"
What on earth is going on here? Ryan must have read my mind. That happens a lot. He walks over to the guy who calls himself Jack.
"Hello, Jack." He says that like they're enemies or something.
"Hello, Ryan." This is just weird.
"What are you doing here?"
"I was going to ask you the same thing." Who is this guy?
"I work here, duh." Says Ryan, rolling his eyes.
"Lilla is my girlfriend." Replies Jack. Oh. Lilla is still smiling.
"Well, I'm afraid you can't stay long. We have to paint." Says Lilla.
"What happened to the witch from five minutes ago?" Mitchell says to me quietly.
I smile. Lilla is, well, different. She has a strong personality. She's nice to me, though.
"Can you at least introduce me to your friends?" Asks Jack.
I can tell that Lilla's annoyed, but she doesn't show it.
"Bridget and Mitchell."
He shakes Mitch's hand. He turns to me and stares. My hand immediately flies up to my nose. I should have scrubbed the paint off sooner.
"I'll be right back." Says Lilla.
She goes to the backroom. When she leaves, Jack turns to me.
"Do you want to go for a walk?"
What!?
"Um, sure. Just let me change first."
What have I done? I scrub the paint off my nose while I'm at it.
"Okay! Let's go." I walk out with Jack, leaving Mitchell and Ryan in the dust.
Walrus Hut is basically in a strip mall.
"Where do you want to go?" He asks me.
What? Is this a date or something?
"Um, we could go to McDonald's and get an ice cream or something."
What. Is. Happening.
He smiles. "Sure!"
We walk over to McDonald's and find a table. What am I doing? He buys himself a cone, and then he buys me one! Not good, not good, not good!
"What do you like to do?" He asks me.
"Sew, I guess."
"That's cool. What's your favorite movie?" Now he's gone too far.
"Just a minute," I tell him.
I go into the bathroom and pull out my phone. I breathe. This has to be done. Focus! I can't call Lilla because she'll hate me. I can't call Ryan because he and Jack are rivals or something. I search through my contacts and tap Mitchell.
YOU ARE READING
Walrus Hut (Walrus Hut Series Book 1)
HumorMitchell Walker, Bridget Thompson, Ryan Gardner, and Lilla Matthews are put in a summer long group project together. They have to start a business. It isn't as easy as they thought it would be.
