Best Dating Rules: A Romantic Comedy (The Best Girls Book 2) by Tamie Dearen Read Free Book Online Page A

Anne’s seatbelt, kissing her cheek.
    “I’m gonna make sure your shirt stays on around those girls. And you’ll have to keep your eyes on the trail.” Anne poked his arm with her finger to emphasize her words.
    He lifted her hand and pressed his lips to her fingers. “I only have eyes for you.”
    “Get a room,” Emily teased. “So who’s going with us now?”
    “Becca and Candace are two of the girls from the hiking club.”
    Two extra people would prevent their outing from becoming a date. So why did this information annoy her?
     
    Emily tried to like the two girls who joined them in the car. She tried for about two minutes before she gave up. She sat in the middle of the back seat next to Spencer. Becca sat beside her, but barely paid her any attention. Instead she leaned forward and across Emily’s legs while talking to Spencer. She seemed to feel the need to reach over and touch his leg with every sentence. And she spoke a lot of sentences. Leaning over also provided a startling view of her generous cleavage. For his part, Spencer did a remarkable job of not staring at the displayed goods. Maybe they bored him, since he was such a player—he’d probably seen plenty in the past. Emily glanced down at her own meager endowment. She certainly didn’t have anything that could compete, not that she wanted to compete in that way. Since she and Spencer were only friends, there was no reason to worry about whether he was attracted to her assets. Right? And he’d insisted he wasn’t interested in dating anyone right now. But evidently Becca hadn’t heard that… she was certainly sending an open invitation.
    She might have liked Candace better since her shirt wasn’t so revealing. But she was so ridiculously perfect she looked like a model headed to a fashion shoot. Her long blond highlighted hair was pulled back in a fancy French braid. Her face was flawless under meticulous make-up. Her skin was tanned and smooth. Emily felt her white skin glowed in comparison, and as usual, she wore no makeup at all. In contrast, Candace looked chic and sophisticated. She was even more annoyed Candace was friendly and outgoing. She chatted easily with her mom and Steven when she wasn’t giving her attention to Spencer in the back seat. Both girls managed to completely ignore her existence—at least, that was how it felt to Emily.
    Arriving at the trailhead parking lot, Emily’s cell vibrated.
    “Hey, Charlie.” Emily moved away from the group to speak more privately.
    “Hey, Sister. Are you hiking yet?”
    “We’re fixin’ to start.”
    “I’m sooooo jealous you and Mom are having fun without me. I wish I could be hiking with y’all instead of leading this group of thirteen and fourteen-year-olds on this rafting trip.”
    “Well, I wish I was there with you.”
    “What’s wrong, Sister?”
    “We’d decided to go on a shorter hike, just the four of us. And I guess that could’ve been weird. But now we’ve been joined by Betty Boobs and Polly Perfect, and they’re putting the moves on Spencer, big time.”
    Charlie’s peals of laughter rang through the phone.
    “Stop it—no laughing. What am I going to do?”
    “Why do you care so much? I thought you and Spencer were just friends.”
    “We are just friends. But now I have to spend two hours hiking with these two bimbos.”
    “Really? Are they that bad?”
    “One has like double-D’s absolutely spilling out of her top, and the other girl is charming, tanned and beautiful.”
    Charlie giggled again. “Em! You’re the only person I know who can say ‘charming, tanned and beautiful’ like a horrible insult.”
    “Arghhh! You’re not helping.”
    “Come on. What’s wrong with you? Since when do you compare yourself to anyone else? Especially not a couple of bimbos. And you know you’re beautiful. You must be—people tell us we look alike all the time, and I know I’m beautiful.”
    “Interesting argument, Sister. But you’re right. I don’t