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had been little and first moved into our neighborhood, she’d clung to her mom like she was afraid the woman might disappear or something. Olivia had mentioned Ginny had nightmares, and that was why she didn’t like to spend the night at our house.
    All of that meant I was gentle with the girl who lived across the street, especially in times like now, which were often. I didn’t want to make her self-conscious to her reaction.
    I pointed down to her paper. “You missed a spot on that scale.”
    Immediately, her cheeks blushed, and she snapped her head back down to look at the non-existent spot.
    Turning to look over my shoulder, I waved at her mom. “Hi, Ms. DuBois. Mom said the food was going on the grill, and you guys should come over.”
    She gave me a warm smile as she called back, “Sounds good, Lucas. Will you walk Ginny across the street with you while I grab the cake I made?”
    I almost groaned in despair. After all of that time avoiding her, now I was stuck with her until I could unload her on Olivia. I had finally gotten my sister to stop finding reasons to send her to my room or sing that stupid song. Walking over with Ginny might start it all up again.
    Waving back, I told her mom sure and then turned back to Ginny, sticking my hand out to quickly ruffle her hair.
    “Let’s go, kid.” Jumping back, I missed the swipe she made to slap my hand away, and I laughed at the annoyed look she shot my way.
    Not giving her time to say anything, I turned and slowly started to walk away. The sounds of her shuffling her stuff around and then her footsteps as she raced after me let me know she wasn’t far behind.
    Before I got halfway across the yard, she strolled up to walk slightly behind and to the side of me. I got that funny feeling like someone was watching me and looked at her out of the corner of my eye, only to see her bite her bottom lip and duck her head. She had been watching me … again.
    Sighing, I wondered how I could nip this little crush of hers in the bud. I couldn’t have my baby sister’s best friend following me around, looking at me like she was planning our wedding. She was like the other little sister I never wanted. I didn’t mind it when she hung out at the house and kept Olivia company, but I got totally weirded out every time she blushed at me like that. The sad thing was, this obsession Gin had for me had been going on for years. I’d done my best to be nice about it all, but lately it was getting on my last nerve.
    I didn’t know what else to do or say to get it through her head that I would never look at her that way. I sure as hell hadn’t bothered to hide my interest in other girls. Part of me had hoped that, if Ginny saw me talking to other girls, she would get the point that I wasn’t interested in her. No such luck. The thought of being a jerk to her sucked, yet I was starting to think it was what I had to do.
    As I plotted the best way to set Ginny straight, a young, feminine voice calling my name caught my attention. I looked up to see my girlfriend walking toward me with a big smile. She had on tight jean shorts and a tank top that barely covered that bra I wanted into so badly.
    I stepped onto the sidewalk, calling out to her, “Hey, babe.”
    The final B sound was barely out when a small body crashed into my back. The push wasn’t enough to throw me off balance, but it did remind me I had a problem trailing me.
    Reaching back, I grabbed one of her arms and pulled her fully onto the sidewalk by my side then waved toward my front door, telling her, “Go inside.”
    A disappointed look came over her face as I turned back to face Amber, basically dismissing her.
    Amber’s eyes looked at her curiously. “Who’s that?”
    Shrugging a shoulder, I replied, “Just the kid across the street, my little sister’s friend.”
    Amber laughed at my kid reference, but my stomach dropped a little at Ginny’s gasp. It was a totally dick thing of me to do, but I wasn’t about to