Page 76 of Stop and Seek
Still locked out.
“Cool,” he muttered. “Awesome. I love whennothingworks for me.”
If Max had gone off with Kyran or Benji, he was officially crashing in his car tonight. Again. His back still hadn’t recovered from the last time he fell asleep in the passenger seat with his legs folded into a pretzel.
Digging his phone out of his pocket, he leaned against the wall and sent Theo another text.
Noah
You still awake?
Nothing.
Not even those sexy little typing dots this time.
He shook his head and switched to Max’s messages instead.
Max
where r u?
didu leave?
that’s so unpog :<
i have to take benji to urgent care ill drop u a pin
did u tell alyssa to come here???
ugh come on, Noah. are u with him??
u better be at the hotel.
“Sleeping in the car it is,” he said, slapping his hand against the door frame. He’d already accepted the loss. There was a half-drunk protein shake in his trunk and an old hoodie to use as a blanket. It was practically glamping.
Then—
Click.
The door cracked open.
Alyssa’s messy head poked through, face flushed, eyes squinted. Without the layers of makeup and and glitter and platform boots, she looked way younger.
Andtiny. Fit-in-the-overhead-bin levels of tiny.
“Did you have a nice shower, Goth Dolly?” he asked.
Alyssa opened the door further, tossing her wet hair over her shoulder.
“I did. Max did too, so,” she stuck her tongue out at him.
“That sounds fun. Sexy soap time,” Noah said, eyeing Max over her head. “Unpog?”
“Oh my god,” Alyssa squeaked, hopping over to Max as Noah dropped on the bed. “You told me you hated that word!”
“Wow, you finally remembered to look at your phone,” Max mumbled dryly, her long legs hanging over the side of the chair.
Alyssa flopped into her lap, and the whole thing looked like they were about to fall off, but they didn’t.
