I looked at Cammie, my nose scrunched up. "What does that mean?"
"It means-" Cammie said, her light brown eyes sparkling in the afternoon glow, "-that he cares about you, Ree."
There was a lump where my tongue should have been, and I tried to form real words, but just ended up shaking my head.
"No, no, no." Cammie gripped my arm as she sat on the counter in the bathroom. "Josh adores you." The stress on the word adores stretched the sentence like a rubber band.
I shook my head again, and Cammie sighed, something else besides frustration tingling underneath the surface.
"Yeah, right." I said, leaning against the bathroom stall. Cammie sighed again, and I grinned at her sheepishly. But- I thought- DID he like me?
We, of course, were talking about Josh, who seemed to have been made aware of... my feelings. It made me wonder how Cams and Brennan were coming along. The past few days spent with Weston- hot- Reynolds kinda made me think that Brennan would sooner kiss Weston than Cammie. But whatever, when do crushes really like you as much as you like them?
Anyway, Cammie's face got kind of red, and I started to wonder what was wrong, started to ask, but then the bell rang. "I gotta go." Cammie said, slinging her bag over her shoulder.
I followed her a minute later, but only saw Josh, looking down the hall with a puzzled look. "What's up with Cammie?" He asked. I shrugged, thinking about taking his hand, but he stepped towards where Cammie had gone.
"I'm going to go find her." He glanced at me for the first time all day and shrugged. "I was going to her to take pictures anyway."
This time I did take his hand. "Hey, can I come over too?" Josh's eyes got all crinkly, and his head tilted slightly.
"Um- actually-" he said, making my heart drop. "This is kinda me and Cam's thing." He shuffled his shoulders so his bag was on both and started walking. He looked back. "But hey, you guys can hang out another time right?"
Wait. I thought, walking to the bus. What if Josh doesn't like me?
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Teen FictionCammie is sweet, cutesy, sarcastic, sometimes morbid, and violently social. Reemee is just the chick who is trying to fit in at the new school. Brennan is flirty, sarcastic, and smoother than butter on ice. Josh is so sweet he makes honey jealous, k...
