There's a Thin Line Between Love and Hate

There's a Thin Line Between Love and Hate (21)

"Did you get invited?"

"Yeah, I did! Did you?"

"No! Why would she invite you and not me?"

"Because I'm prettier than you and have a better fashion sense? Duh?"

"So not true!"

This was what I had been hearing all day long. At least it was some kind of form of it. At first, I didn't really care what everyone was chattering about, but after the day went on, I was itching to know what people were being invited and not being invited to.

Especially since I hadn't been invited to anything yet.

Jesse was sick or something that day, so I hadn't seen him at all yet. It was actually pretty rare that he got sick, so I couldn't help but be a little worried. Even though I shouldn't have been, I couldn't help but worry. I mean, come on, I liked him, didn't I?

"Jordan!" I heard someone cry as I was walking in between classes. I looked over to see Lexi, who was waving me over to where she was standing. "Jordan!"

My eyebrows furrowed in confusion as I made my way closer to her. When I finally got next to her, I could see that she was looking at a gigantic list that was taped to the side of a wall.

"This is the list of what booths we're going to be taking care of and for what hour," Lexi explained to me. She then pointed up, and I could see her name. "I got the dunk tank!"

"Did you see my name?" I asked, moving closer to the list to get a better look.

Lexi giggled. "I sure did."

I looked back at her in confusion. "What's that supposed to mean?"

She only giggled again, waving me toward the list. "You'll see. You're second to last on the third column..."

My eyes slid to the bottom of the page, but they widened when I saw what I had gotten. I let out a small shriek when I realized what I would have to do from twelve o'clock to one o'clock.

"Kissing booth?" I shrieked, my hands covering my mouth moments after. I had only picked that for my last resort! And it was my third choice! I didn't want to kiss strangers for an hour! I could barely kiss Dallas without getting all flustered!

I was such an idiot! Why did I even put that down? I should have put something else!

As I was walking back to Cabin C after seventh period, all the girls were still chattering about it. I even heard some guys talking about how they were invited or not invited. I was starting to get very curious until I finally found out what everyone was so excited about.

As I stopped in front of my cabin, I could see the perky redhead bouncing around as she handed out pieces of paper to almost everyone she passed. I almost slapped myself in the forehead. How could I forget? It was Aimee's birthday that weekend. If I was correct, it would have been Saturday, the day after the fair.

And there goes all my hope of getting invited to the party of the year.

I had to admit that Aimee always threw good parties. I had always been invited to them, since we used to be friends and everything, but now I knew I definitely wasn't going. She probably hated me more than all the other girls, just because I was an apparent threat for her when it came to Jesse. I really did think she had a bigger chance with him than I did...

"Where's Jesse?"

The annoying voice almost made me twitch, but I stopped myself before I could. I looked over my shoulder to see the aforementioned redhead glaring at her, her hands on her hips as she held the invitations in them. I couldn't help but feel a twang up sadness when I reminded myself that none of those invitations were for me. I wasn't her friend anymore...