Kiss & Sell by Brittany Geragotelis Read Free Book Online Page B

squeezing his hand so tightly that my knuckles were practically white. Embarrassed, I loosened my fingers and apologized.
    “No worries,” he said. “Like I said, I don’t mind if you grab onto me. I mean, if you’re scared and all.” He added this part almost as an afterthought and turned his attention back to the screen.
    Was that an invitation? Because if it was, I was definitely ready to rsVP yes. I bit my lip and stole a glance at Dan as he stared at the screen.
    I tried to pay attention to what was happening in the movie after that, closing my eyes whenever I thought something was going to pop out, or somebody was going to get killed off. Suddenly, before I could realize what was happening, I was screaming at the top of my lungs and burying my face into Dan’s shoulder.
    I heard his faint laughter and then felt his breath in my hair, which had covered my ear as I’d turned around.
    “So, you want to get right to it, do you?” he whispered. “I could tell you wanted me.”
    Huh?
    “Huh?” I asked, pulling myself away from him.
    “I knew I’d be your first,” he answered.
    “My first
What
?” I asked confused, beginning to feel slightly uncomfortable.
    “Come on, Arielle,” he whispered, pulling me back toward him. “You know. Your first kiss.”
    “What?!” I shrieked, right at the same time the audience jumped at another scary part in the movie.
    “Hey, chill. it’s cool. I’m up for the challenge,” Dan said, laughing nervously at my reaction.
    My mind whirled as I processed what Dan was saying. As the truth began to dawn on me, I stumbled up out of my seat and raced for the double doors at the top of the theater. I didn’t bother to look behind me, but I knew that Dan was on my heels.
    When I’d made it halfway through the lobby, I turned to face him.
    “What
Was
that?” I hissed at him.
    “You know what it was about, Arielle,” Dan said, placing one of his hands into his back pocket and smirking.
    “No, I
really
don’t. Why don’t you enlighten me?” I said.
    “You’re looking to get kissed. I’m looking to get kissed,” Dan said, his voice sounding innocent. “I figured it’s a win-win situation.”
    “Is
that
why you asked me out?” I asked, a lump forming in my throat. “Because you thought I’d make out with you?”
    “Well, not the
only
reason,” Dan said sheepishly. “I mean, my friends and I thought it would be pretty cool to be the first one to kiss you, but…”
    “Seriously?” I exclaimed, my voice growing louder. The anger I was suddenly feeling seemed to erupt out of nowhere. I was about to explode and I couldn’t care less that the debris was about to hit one of the hottest guys in school. “Seriously? you brought me to some crappy slasher flick because you thought you’d bag the poor girl who’s never been kissed?”
    “Look, let’s just go back into the movie,” Dan said quietly, noticing that people in the lobby were starting to stare at us.
    “Uh, uh,” I said, shaking my head. “Why don’t
you
go back in there and find some other skank to fulfill your make out needs, because you are
so
not worth my time.”
    I turned my back on him and started to stalk off in the direction of the entrance. A few feet later, I swirled around and looked straight at Dan and cocked my head to the side with an attitude I didn’t know I had.
    “And just so you know,” I said, “You’re
so
not worth my kiss either!”
    People around me began to clap and I heard a woman say, “Tell him, girl!” as I continued to walk away.
    Pushing open the door, I wandered off into the dark night, already reaching for my cell phone.

“THAT TOOL-BAG!” MCCARTNEY exclaimed, as I relayed all of the sordid details from my disaster date. We’d barely even stepped onto campus before I’d begun telling them all about it. Starting from the moment I’d opened the door and saw Dan standing there, straight through to the point when I’d called my mom to pick me up a couple