Page 68 of Under the Influence

“Better your dad than a lawyer,” I laugh, earning a hesitant smile from her.

“Everything just happened pretty quick, and now I’m here having to deal with Nash.”

“Girl, I saw the way Carson was looking at you, it seems like you have the eyes of both of them.”

She rolls her eyes, “Shut up, what about you and Drayton?”

I fall back dramatically on my bed, “He’s ah-maze-balls.”

“You are totally falling for him,” she squeals.

“Ugh, I am. I think I’m gonna ask him to hoco.”

“You should,” she smiles. “You guys are so cute together.”

“Wish Madden thought so,” I growl. “He’s being such an ass.”

“That’s so weird. Drayton seems great.”

“Exactly my freakin’ point!” I spit.

“He’ll come around,” she shrugs. “Especially if all these rumors floating around about him and Avery Sinclair are true.”

“That’s a load of crap,” I add. “Madden has crushed on Avery since the first time he stepped foot in this school. She would never give him the time of day. He doesn’t fit into her Instagram perfect life.”

“Like Carson does?”

“Exactly. Carson is influencer royalty.”

Her eyes dim a little before she changes the subject, “So how are you gonna bring homecoming up to Drayton?”

“I have no idea. Who are you going to ask?”

“What do you mean?”

“The girls ask the guys. It’s a tradition at Legacy.”

She rolls her eyes, “Great.”

“Nash has never gone with anyone. He’s always rolled up like a boss, acting like he’s too good for any girl at Legacy.”

“What makes you think I’d ask Nash?”

“I don’t know, maybe it was the public claiming he did in the lunchroom, or that kiss you planted on him right in front of Jovie. Which was brilliant, by the way. Did you see her face?”

She rolls her eyes, “Like I needed another reason for Jovie to hate me.”

“She’s a bitch. She’s just threatened by you.”

She rolls from her back to her stomach, “Luckily, I am fluent in bitch.”

I smile, “You have to be at Legacy.”

“Wait,” she gasps. “What public claiming are you talking about?”

“Last week, when I sent out that SOS, the sophomore girls were raving about how Nash stood on the table in the cafeteria and basically called you off-limits.”

Cori’s face turns murderous, “He did what?”