Page 110 of Forget Me Not: A Lesbian Romance

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did, her phone timer went off.

She hustled it back to the meet up spot near the entrance,

since she didn’t want her picks to be disqualified for taking too

long to get there. Quinn was there, leaning against the bright

orange fence like it wouldn’t come tumbling down with the

slightest wind. She was tempting fate, big time, but she looked

so happy and carefree doing it, her hair spilling out of that

ugly ball cap, that it stole Dallas’ breath.

“Hey,” Quinn said as Dallas approached. She was

beaming, and it was pretty obvious that she thought she was

going to rock their little competition. “Find anything good?”

“I guess, maybe a couple things. I think I have you all beat

for the old stuff. Maybe the five dollar category too.”

“Ooh!” Quinn exclaimed, but didn’t ask what Dallas

found. That would be kind of cheating, to discuss it

beforehand, without any of the rest of them there. Instead,

Quinn lowered her voice so that just Dallas could hear and not

any of the people passing by. “I talked to my parents last night.

I thought that they’d be understanding, and they were. You’re

more than welcome to come tonight, to Danica’s party.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah! I think for them it really helped to have an

explanation. That’s all they really wanted. They said they

would be happy if you came. They’d love to see you again.”

Dallas was floored. She hadn’t really believed that she’d

be able to go to Danica’s party when Quinn extended the

invitation yesterday. She thought for sure that Quinn’s parents

would put their collective foot down and say that they’d rather

that she didn’t come.

“What about Danica? Is she okay with me crashing it? You

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