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“I’m baking us some cookies for a snack,” Shelby said, her voice and demeanor back to sing-songy.
Trevor wasn’t sure if he was forgiven or if Shelby was putting on an act for the sake of Dan , but it was kind of nice having her talk to him again. He went over to the counter and leaned against it. “Do I get any cookies or are you going to tell me to get out of the way and go watch some cartoons?”
She smiled a little since it had been exactly what he’d always told her when he’d be doing his homework and she’d been underfoot. “You can have two cookies. Actually, I have something to run by you while Dan is still working on the first problem.”
Poor Dan scrunched down in his chair. “It’s hard,” he muttered.
Shelby’s smile broadened and Trevor got the feeling he should start worrying about Dan even if the teen wasn’t threatening looking. Shelby was eighteen, after all. Now he was responsible for… Trevor grimaced. All that teenage hormonal… He couldn’t think the words when associated with his sister.
“What do you want to run by me?”
Shelby turned her attention to wiping off the counter. “Well, Dan is taking me to prom.”
Trevor looked over his shoulder at the young man’s back. “Oh, he is?” Trevor was glad to see Dan shift in his chair.
“I need to get a prom dress. Mom already gave me the money before, but I need someone to take me dress shopping.”
“Uh.”
She rolled her eyes. “Not you. I was thinking maybe I could ask Em and Callie to go with me.”
“Em and Callie?” Surely he’d heard wrong. Really, really wrong. Or maybe he’d suddenly fallen asleep and this was some sort of crazy dream. Maybe she’d poisoned him and this was a hallucination.
But she just stood there, wiping the counter, waiting for an answer.
“You want… I’m sorry, I don’t understand. You want someone you don’t like and someone you barely know to take you prom dress shopping?”
Shelby scrubbed the immaculate white countertop harder. “I think I’ve been wrong about Callie.”
Trevor was rendered speechless, but he wasn’t fooled. Shelby was up to something. He didn’t have a clue as to what, but all his best undercover training told him to go along with it for the time being and investigate later.
“Okay. I’m glad to hear that.” I don’t believe you for a second, but good try lying. “I’m sure Callie and Em would be glad to help you, but isn’t dress shopping something you’d want to do with your friends?”
Shelby stopped her work on the counter and turned her back to him under the guise of checking on her cookies. “They already have their dresses.”
Out of the corner of Trevor’s eye, he noticed Dan looking over his shoulder at Shelby and frowning almost worriedly at her.
Hmm. “You’re sure you want to ask Em and Callie?”
“Actually, I was hoping maybe you’d ask them for me.” She looked up, smiled hopefully, but she twisted her fingers together, a sure sign there was more to this innocent act.
“I see.”
“I’m free all weekend,” Shelby added.
“Uh huh.”
“And it doesn’t have to take a long time.”
“Right.”
“Trevor.” She worked on her best pathetic pleading look. “Please.”
“Why can’t you ask them?”
“Because, like you said, I barely know Em, and Callie and I aren’t exactly friends.”
“Which is why this makes no sense to me. It’s not that I think it’s a bad idea. I just don’t get it.”
Some irritation crept onto her face and her pleading look turned harder, more frustrated. She definitely had a plan. One she didn’t want him to know about, and she didn’t like him not giving in and playing along without a few questions.
“It’s weird, but I need an opinion besides my own, and my friends are busy.” Trevor could tell she wanted to say something other than busy and began to wonder for the first time if she was having problems at school. She hadn’t talked about her friends much
“I’m baking us some cookies for a snack,” Shelby said, her voice and demeanor back to sing-songy.
Trevor wasn’t sure if he was forgiven or if Shelby was putting on an act for the sake of Dan , but it was kind of nice having her talk to him again. He went over to the counter and leaned against it. “Do I get any cookies or are you going to tell me to get out of the way and go watch some cartoons?”
She smiled a little since it had been exactly what he’d always told her when he’d be doing his homework and she’d been underfoot. “You can have two cookies. Actually, I have something to run by you while Dan is still working on the first problem.”
Poor Dan scrunched down in his chair. “It’s hard,” he muttered.
Shelby’s smile broadened and Trevor got the feeling he should start worrying about Dan even if the teen wasn’t threatening looking. Shelby was eighteen, after all. Now he was responsible for… Trevor grimaced. All that teenage hormonal… He couldn’t think the words when associated with his sister.
“What do you want to run by me?”
Shelby turned her attention to wiping off the counter. “Well, Dan is taking me to prom.”
Trevor looked over his shoulder at the young man’s back. “Oh, he is?” Trevor was glad to see Dan shift in his chair.
“I need to get a prom dress. Mom already gave me the money before, but I need someone to take me dress shopping.”
“Uh.”
She rolled her eyes. “Not you. I was thinking maybe I could ask Em and Callie to go with me.”
“Em and Callie?” Surely he’d heard wrong. Really, really wrong. Or maybe he’d suddenly fallen asleep and this was some sort of crazy dream. Maybe she’d poisoned him and this was a hallucination.
But she just stood there, wiping the counter, waiting for an answer.
“You want… I’m sorry, I don’t understand. You want someone you don’t like and someone you barely know to take you prom dress shopping?”
Shelby scrubbed the immaculate white countertop harder. “I think I’ve been wrong about Callie.”
Trevor was rendered speechless, but he wasn’t fooled. Shelby was up to something. He didn’t have a clue as to what, but all his best undercover training told him to go along with it for the time being and investigate later.
“Okay. I’m glad to hear that.” I don’t believe you for a second, but good try lying. “I’m sure Callie and Em would be glad to help you, but isn’t dress shopping something you’d want to do with your friends?”
Shelby stopped her work on the counter and turned her back to him under the guise of checking on her cookies. “They already have their dresses.”
Out of the corner of Trevor’s eye, he noticed Dan looking over his shoulder at Shelby and frowning almost worriedly at her.
Hmm. “You’re sure you want to ask Em and Callie?”
“Actually, I was hoping maybe you’d ask them for me.” She looked up, smiled hopefully, but she twisted her fingers together, a sure sign there was more to this innocent act.
“I see.”
“I’m free all weekend,” Shelby added.
“Uh huh.”
“And it doesn’t have to take a long time.”
“Right.”
“Trevor.” She worked on her best pathetic pleading look. “Please.”
“Why can’t you ask them?”
“Because, like you said, I barely know Em, and Callie and I aren’t exactly friends.”
“Which is why this makes no sense to me. It’s not that I think it’s a bad idea. I just don’t get it.”
Some irritation crept onto her face and her pleading look turned harder, more frustrated. She definitely had a plan. One she didn’t want him to know about, and she didn’t like him not giving in and playing along without a few questions.
“It’s weird, but I need an opinion besides my own, and my friends are busy.” Trevor could tell she wanted to say something other than busy and began to wonder for the first time if she was having problems at school. She hadn’t talked about her friends much
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