Don't Even Think About It (23 page)

“Oh!” Tess said, her hand still on BJ’s arm. “Cool.”

“More Espie kissing,” BJ cheered.

“How long do we have until homeroom?” Tess asked.

“About twenty minutes,” Olivia said. “I’m going to get a snack.”

BJ waved. “We’ll be here if you need us.”

Olivia guessed she would have to find another bathroom.

She backed out and let the door swing behind her. When she turned around, she saw Cooper.

She couldn’t help feeling sad for him. “You’re done? Did it hurt?”

“No,” he said.

“Well, that’s good at least.”

“No, I mean I didn’t do it.” He smiled.

“You didn’t? Why not?”

“I don’t know. I just thought … well, Ashley already calls me her superhero. Imagine what she’d think if it were true.”

Olivia laughed.

“I guess I just hated finding out that everyone was lying to me. But now no one will be able to lie to me, right?”

“Right,” she said.

“And you were great out there,” he said. “I was impressed.”

Olivia blushed and smiled. “Thanks.”

She’s really cute,
Cooper thought.

She blushed even more.
I think you’re really cute too.
She didn’t see Courtney, Jordana, and Levi approaching from behind, candy bars and gummy bears in hand.

Omigod, did you hear that? Olivia is hitting on Cooper!

Does he like her?

Olivia spun around. “I … we …”

Ten bucks they’re hooking up before the end of the month. … By the end of the month? By the end of the week! … They’ll make such a cute couple. … Mackenzie is going to freak.

What can we say? We know everything.

Thanks to my awesome agents, editors, publishers, colleagues, and friends: Laura Dail, Tamar Rydzinski, Wendy Loggia, Krista Vitola, Beverly Horowitz, Colleen Fellingham, Trish Parcell, Tamar Schwartz, Rachel Feld, John Adamo, Dominique Cimina, Adrienne Waintraub, Deb Shapiro, Brian Lipson, Jess Rothenberg, Emily Bender, Anne Heltzel, Farrin Jacobs, Eloise Flood, Lauren Myracle, Targia Clarke, Bonnie Altro, Jess Braun, Brahm Morganstein, Judy Batalion, Lauren Kisilevsky, Alison Pace, Susan Finkelberg-Sohmer, Corinne and Michael Bilerman, Adele Griffin, Leslie Margolis, Kristin Harmel, Maryrose Wood, Tara Altebrando, Sara Zarr, Ally Carter, Jennifer Barnes, Julia DeVillers, Alan Gratz, Penny Fransblow, Maggie Marr, and everyone at
Justine
magazine.

Extra special thanks to Courtney Sheinmel, Elissa Ambrose, Lauren Myracle, Anna Kranwinkle, Avery Carmichael, E. Lockhart, Robin Wasserman, Jess Braun, and Elizabeth Eulberg, who read early drafts of this book and showed me how to make it so much better.

Love and thanks to my family: Aviva, Mom, Robert, Dad, Louisa, Gary, Lori, Sloan, Isaac, Vickie, John, Gary, Darren, Ryan, Jack, Jen, Teri, Briana, Michael, David, Patsy, Murray, Maggie, and Jenny.

Extra love and extra thanks and lots and lots of kisses to Anabelle, Chloe, and Todd.

SARAH MLYNOWSKI
   is the author of the Magic in Manhattan and Whatever After series,
Gimme a Call, Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn’t Have), Milkrun,
and more. Her books have been translated into twenty-two languages and optioned to Hollywood. Sarah was born in Montreal but lives and writes in New York City. Visit her at
sarahm.com
.