Virtually in Love

Informationen zum Autor A. Destiny is the coauthor of the Flirt series. She spends her time reading, writing, and watching sweet romance movies. She will always remember her first kiss. Klappentext Includes an excerpt from Lessons in love by A. Destiny and Catherine Hapka.Virtually in Love Chapter One “Aesop’s, anyone?” I glanced up at Kazuo Aratani’s grinning face, which had just popped into view over the top edge of my music stand. As usual, his black hair was sticking up in random tufts, making him look like a Muppet with better cheekbones. “Sure,” I said, already salivating at the thought of the amazingly greasy fries at our favorite diner. “We’ve got time before the S&D meeting. But give us a chance to put our instruments away first, okay?” My other best friend, Vanessa Bennett, giggled from her seat across the way. “Seriously, Kaz,” she said. “Did you even take your trumpet apart, or did you just shove it into your backpack?” I grinned as Kaz stuck out his tongue at her. Everyone says I’m pretty peppy, but when it comes to excess energy, I’ve got nothing on Kaz, the world’s most hyper tenth grader. At least that’s what our science teacher, Ms. Farley, always calls him. Me? The teachers just call me Chloe Bell, Spaz Girl. Okay, kidding. Only a few of them actually call me that. The rest are probably thinking it, though. You crash into one little tower of donated food cans in the school lobby freshman year, and you’re branded forever. For a while Vanessa called me the Tiny Tornado, but thankfully, that one didn’t stick. In any case, I figured the ten seconds or so since rehearsal had ended was plenty of time for Kaz to break down and put away his trumpet. And check his e-mail. And possibly cure cancer. You just never knew with Kaz. “Okay, I’m ready. Let’s eat,” Vanessa said. “We’ll need extra energy to deal with the S&D kids, right?” She snapped her flute case shut, then stood up so fast, she almost knocked over her music stand. Kaz caught it just in time. But not before our band director, Mr. Graves, noticed the commotion. He glanced at Van over the tops of his wire-rimmed glasses. Or, rather, his spectacles—that’s what Vanessa calls them, since they’re so old-fashioned and proper looking, just like Mr. Graves himself. “Everything under control, Ms. Bennett?” Mr. Graves asked in his dry, dusty voice. He might be a pretty good music teacher—and a freakishly great tuba player for such a skinny guy—but he looks and acts more like a librarian from an old movie. “Fine, yeah,” Vanessa said, blushing bright pink. Van is an open book. Every emotion she feels is painted right there on her pale cheeks and reflected in her big blue eyes. She’s also crazy shy—always has been. I don’t get that. She’s smart and sweet and artsy and talented, not to mention beautiful—tall and willowy, with wavy blond hair that always behaves itself, unlike my own unruly mop of brown curls. But no matter how many times I point out her perfection, she just waves her hand and changes the subject. Mr. Graves swept his cool grayish-blue eyes over the three of us. We smiled innocently back at him. Finally he turned away with a soft harrumph, returning to shuffling through his stack of sheet music. “Okay, hurry up.” Kaz started dancing from one foot to the other, his battered canvas shoes squeaking on the linoleum. “I’m starving to death.” “Yeah, right.” I carefully tucked my mouthpiece into its velvet slot in my clarinet case. Spaz or not, I’m always careful with my instrument. “Mr. Graves might not have seen you scarfing those Cheez Doodles during the movie medley, but I did.” “Seriously.” Vanessa glanced up and down Kaz’s lean form. “I don’t know how y Zusammenfassung First crush! firs...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: A. Destiny, A./ Hapka Destiny, Catherine Hapka
• Editore: Simon & Schuster USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 12 a 17 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781481421188
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-2118-8
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Flirt; Flirt
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi