Double Date (1994)
“Bobby cried.
She smiled back at him, that strange, amused smile, her face half hidden in shadow.
“Melanie—you—!” he cried.
She rolled down her window. Loud music floated out from inside her car. “Bobby, hi! I thought that was you!” she called.
She sounded too cheerful, he realized. Since when was she so friendly? She’d been angry with him since he’d started dating the Wade twins.
He hopped over a puddle to her car and rested both hands on the door, peering in at her. She clicked off the radio. ...The sudden silence seemed louder than the music.
“I’m on my way to Arnie’s,” she volunteered. “But I had to stop and pick up something for my mom. I thought I saw you from way back there and—”
She stopped suddenly, raising her eyes over his shoulder. “Bobby—your car!;” she cried. “What happened to your tires?”
Phony, phony, phony, Bobby thought.
Does she really think I’m going to buy that wide-eyed innocence?
“Someone cut them,” he murmured, studying her with his eyes.MoreLess
She smiled back at him, that strange, amused smile, her face half hidden in shadow.
“Melanie—you—!” he cried.
She rolled down her window. Loud music floated out from inside her car. “Bobby, hi! I thought that was you!” she called.
She sounded too cheerful, he realized. Since when was she so friendly? She’d been angry with him since he’d started dating the Wade twins.
He hopped over a puddle to her car and rested both hands on the door, peering in at her. She clicked off the radio. ...The sudden silence seemed louder than the music.
“I’m on my way to Arnie’s,” she volunteered. “But I had to stop and pick up something for my mom. I thought I saw you from way back there and—”
She stopped suddenly, raising her eyes over his shoulder. “Bobby—your car!;” she cried. “What happened to your tires?”
Phony, phony, phony, Bobby thought.
Does she really think I’m going to buy that wide-eyed innocence?
“Someone cut them,” he murmured, studying her with his eyes.MoreLess
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