Chapter 101

“What if…” Lucy began and then stopped, biting her lip for a second before she continued, “what if I didn’t like Jason, and I said no. Do you think Jess would be mad at me because the guy she likes asked me out?”

I scrunched up my forehead and stared at her for a long while. “No,” I said. “How would that be your fault? You can’t help it that you’re gorgeous and awesome.”

She gave me a cynical smile. “Still, I think she’d be mad. It’d be human nature to be jealous.”

“I agree,” Emma said, nodding. “I think she’ll be mad at you no matter what you say.”

“You think?” I asked, turning my gaze to Emma.

“Yeah, I mean, if Liam asked Lucy out, you’d be mad, wouldn’t you? Even if she said no?”

I expected Lucy to say her usual comment when it came to Liam, “barf,” but she was only