Amber has had a fierce crush on Nate, her brother Bryan's best friend, since she was nine years old. Now that she's almost old enough to date, she knows who she wants her first boyfriend to be. Unfortunately, Nate doesn't really talk to her, and Bryan won't set them up.<br><br>Then Amber finds out why.

My Brother's Best Friend

“Maybe he does,” I press. “If you don’t ask him about me, you won’t know what he thinks, will you? He doesn’t have a girlfriend, does he?”


With an exasperated sigh, Bryan bunches the test paper into his fists as if he wants to tear it in half. Then he forces himself to take a deep breath and glares at me across the table. “Amber, stop. Nate is notinterested in going out with you, or Shelley, or any other girl at our school, okay? Trust me.”


“I never said Shelley,” I clarify. Hello? I said me


My brother shakes his head as he smoothes out his test. “Seriously, stop.”


I open my mouth to try something different, but the sound of my mother’s footsteps on the basement stairs changes my mind. I still have time to break him down to the idea of me dating Nate. It willhappen, I promise myself. Whether Bryan likes it or not.


Chapter 3