Falling Fast
“Emmi made sarcastic remarks about me and Flynn all the way there.
‘You can do way better than him, Riv,’ she kept saying. ‘I mean, have you seen his school uniform? It looks about tenth-hand.’ ‘River thinks that’s romantic,’ Grace said slyly. ‘A poor man, nothing to give her but love.’ She clasped her hands together and batted her eyelashes stupidly.
‘Shut up, both of you,’ I snarled.
They laughed. Emmi prodded me in the ribs. ‘We’re just teasing, girl,’ she said. ‘Flynn’s okay, if ...you must. I mean, he is a bit weird. Way too intense for me – all that ridiculous I must make sure you get home safely nonsense. But he’s obviously really clever and, anyway, loads of people go for that brooding thing he does.’ I rolled my eyes. She was making it sound like it was some kind of act that Flynn put on.
‘Tell you one thing, though,’ Emmi said, lowering her voice.MoreLess
‘You can do way better than him, Riv,’ she kept saying. ‘I mean, have you seen his school uniform? It looks about tenth-hand.’ ‘River thinks that’s romantic,’ Grace said slyly. ‘A poor man, nothing to give her but love.’ She clasped her hands together and batted her eyelashes stupidly.
‘Shut up, both of you,’ I snarled.
They laughed. Emmi prodded me in the ribs. ‘We’re just teasing, girl,’ she said. ‘Flynn’s okay, if ...you must. I mean, he is a bit weird. Way too intense for me – all that ridiculous I must make sure you get home safely nonsense. But he’s obviously really clever and, anyway, loads of people go for that brooding thing he does.’ I rolled my eyes. She was making it sound like it was some kind of act that Flynn put on.
‘Tell you one thing, though,’ Emmi said, lowering her voice.MoreLess
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