Camp Confidential 05 - TTYL by Melissa J. Morgan Read Free Book Online Page A

her hands on his shoulders. They swayed back and forth to the rhythm of the song, and Nat could feel her heart pounding. She hadn’t been this excited and nervous since the last time she saw Simon—back at camp! Would boys always have this effect on her?
    As the song drew to a close, though, Natalie caught sight of Hannah, sitting all alone at the table, looking miserable. The song ended, and Natalie said, “I think I’m gonna go back and sit with Hannah. Would you mind grabbing me another slice of pizza? Vegetarian, if they have any.”
    “No prob,” Kyle said. He smiled and took off toward the food, and Natalie walked back to where Hannah sat dejectedly.
    “Hannah, are you okay?” Natalie asked softly.
    “Yeah, I’m fine,” Hannah replied.
    “What’s going on?”
    “I don’t know,” Hannah admitted. She paused for a moment, looking around the crowded room. “I guess it’s the boyfriend thing.”
    “What do you mean?” Natalie asked, surprised.
    “Well . . .” Hannah paused. “I thought you were coming to the dance to hang out with me.”
    “I am hanging out with you!” Natalie exclaimed. She was quiet for a minute. “But . . . I mean, I only see Kyle for a few minutes during school, and I was excited to see him tonight, too.”
    “I guess it’s true that when girls get boyfriends, they stop wanting to see their best friends,” Hannah said sadly.
    The butterflies that had been swimming in Nat’s stomach suddenly disappeared, turning into confusion. “Hannah, he’s not my boyfriend,” Natalie replied. “And anyway, I was only dancing with him for one song.”
    “Well, whatever. He will be. Him and Simon, too. And I’ll be sitting alone at a table like a loser,” Hannah replied angrily, looking down at her pizza.
    Natalie didn’t say anything for a moment. “Hannah, you’re being silly,” she said gently. Suddenly, a paper plate with a slice of mushroom pizza on it was placed onto the table in front of her, and she whipped around to see Kyle standing there, looking equally as hurt as Hannah.
    “Who’s Simon?” he asked in a low, angry voice, before spinning around and walking away, through the dancing couples and toward the basketball hoops.
    Natalie’s heart sank as she watched Kyle walk away. She only felt worse when she turned and saw the dejected look on Hannah’s face. “Nat, I’m really sorry. I think I’m just going to go home,” Hannah said sadly.
    “But we’ve only been here for, like, twenty minutes!” Natalie said. Not to mention, you totally just scared away the boy I like! But she knew she couldn’t say that out loud. Not with Hannah feeling so sensitive. Talk about a lose-lose situation , she thought, frustrated.
    “Yeah, I know. I’m just really tired. I guess I’m not used to being back in school yet,” Hannah replied. She stood up, not looking Natalie in the eye. “Bye,” she said.
    “Bye, Hannah,” Natalie said sadly. She looked around the crowded gym. Erin was playing basketball—even in a skirt, she was making tons of baskets—and Kaitlyn was dancing with Matt. Suddenly Natalie didn’t feel like being at the dance either. She looked at her plate of pizza and even though she’d been starving when they arrived at the dance, she couldn’t imagine eating another bite. She stood up, walked across the gym and through the front hallway of the school, pushed open the heavy front door, and stood outside, scanning the street for a cab.
    As she walked toward the curb to hail a cab, she felt a hand on her shoulder.
    “Wait up, Natalie,” Kyle said. He looked down at his feet. “Tell me the truth. Do you have another boyfriend?”
    Natalie felt very confused. Why was this so hard? “I don’t have any boyfriend, Kyle,” she said. Technically, at least, it was the truth.
    “Okay,” Kyle said, smiling tentatively. “I just wanted to make sure. Because . . . well . . .”
    A cab stopped at the corner and Kyle escorted Natalie into it. Just like that,