Chapter 77

“There you go. Invite her over.”

Daisy shook her head, but she was grinning. 30: Stupid Relationships

“God, we haven’t done this in forever,” Jo said.

She noticed Daisy wincing in the driver’s seat and cringed in turn. Jo knew she’d been to the beach a bunch of times with Riva Corley lately, but she hadn’t meant to rub that in.

“I’m sorry,” Jo said. “I’m a terrible friend.”

“Will you relax?” Daisy resorted to her favorite move in an awkward moment—she rolled down the windows and turned up the radio. Jo chuckled at how predictable it was.

Still, she played her part. She leaned toward the wind rushing past and inhaled deeply, then turned back to Daisy and grinned. “I smell…not school.”

“I smell school two days from now.”

Jo wrinkled her nose. “Well, your sense of smell is better than mine. Unfortunately for you.”

“I’m sorry we haven’t done this lately, too,” Daisy said after a minute.