Grimacing Keely took a sip from her coffee cup, wrinkling her nose in distaste across the table to where Tony had his arm wrapped around the back of Sadie’s chair and was leaning close, whispering something in her ear that was making her giggle.
“Couples are horrible,” she stated, “No wonder no one likes being around them.”
From beside her Joe snorted in laughter into his mug.
Apparently in the past while since Keely had gotten home, Sadie had gotten comfortable with the little situation between her, Keely and Tony since she didn’t even bother pushing him away. The girl just tucked her curly hair behind her ear, sending Keely a knowing look as she replied, “Oh, don’t start.”
Narrowing her eyes, Keely just raised her eyebrows at the girl and slouched back in her seat. “Don’t know what you’re talking about, I could never be that sickeningly cute with anyone.”
“Oh, right,” Sadie answered sarcastically, raising her eyes to the ceiling.
Not quite liking the response because it sent an alarm ringing in the back of her head, Keely’s next words were a little bit sharp for the conversation. “Seriously, I’d never love anyone more than music, I couldn’t act like that.”
“We believe you,” Tony groaned, leaning back in his chair from across the rickety table, but he kept his arm wrapped around the back of Sadie’s still. “So have you got your little show and tell all figured out yet?”
Rolling her eyes, Keely aimed a kick at him under the table, feeling quite smug when he yelped.
“And, yes, actually I have,” she replied with as much dignity as she could possess. If she’d been drinking tea, Keely would have raised her pinky, but then she probably would have dissolved into laughter.
“We’re going to be there,” Sadie assured her.
Frowning, she drained what was left at the bottom of her mug. “You’re skipping class, Sade? I never thought I’d see the day, and just for little old me.”
“Ha, ha,” the girl responded, sending Keely a truly flat look to go with her very unamused words. “No, actually, I’m not skipping class. The invitation was given out to certain people with high enough grades if they wanted to go into the class instead, I have an entire excused block to watch you.”
Giving a half laugh in the back of her throat, she stared down at her hand that was tapping on the top of the table. “Wow, so many people are boycotting their music class that they’re bribing people with a free period so the room is filled up? Don’t I feel special now.”
“Keely,” Sadie said, her voice becoming soft with understanding, “It’s not like that.”
Ignoring the girl completely since she wasn’t in the mood to get into it at that point, she directed her attention at Tony who was staring at his leg with a dumbfounded expression on his face. Apparently he hadn’t expected her to be able to kick that hard, at least that’s what she hoped he was thinking and he wasn’t looking at another piece of his anatomy.
“So are your grades high enough to warrant you privilege to my humiliation?”
His eyes finally flicked up from where he’d been staring beneath the table and he sent her a casual grin. “Nope,” Tony told her calmly, “But since you’re going to request my presence as a groupie, it doesn’t matter.”
“Oh, am I?” she chuckled.
“Definitely.”
“Well, that’s three people and Mr Summers to show up for sure,” Keely joked, “We should start writing names down.”
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Just What I Needed
Teen FictionIn life there are things that are said, and then there are those that remain unsaid. For Keely Staub, her life mostly remained in the latter category. She kept the one true love, music, hidden from even her best friends. But when one song changed th...
