"I don't have to be hateful,
I can just say 'bless your heart.'"
-Only Prettier, by Miranda Lambert
Chapter Two
Stepping out of Gary's car wearing the world's shortest miniskirt was quite the challenge. But, in the end, it would all be so, so worth it. I could only imagine the looks on those girls' faces when they saw me like this, all cozied up to Gary.
Already I saw two or three of them glancing in our direction. "Quick, Gary! They're looking!" I whispered. Gary cooly chuckled, and held out his arm for me. Immediately I took it and held it close to my side as if it were a teddy bear. As I walked by, the girls all gave me nasty looks... nothing new, of course. So I just flashed them a toothy smile and carried on my merry way.
Unfortunately, our plan didn't have the effects we anticipated. At lunch, they still continued to swarm him and even once shoved me out of the way.
Not cool.
I flung my french fries at the back of some of their heads, and stormed off to the bathroom to calm down by myself. At the end of the period, Gary came up to me and grabbed my shoulder. "Addie, what happened back there?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.
I chuckled slightly. "Gary... we need another plan."