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that made Elisa stop talking about it.
    She didn’t ask about him after that.
    It was a shock to her when she finally saw him on Friday in the lunch line. But now so many days later, it felt weird to go up and apologize for that. What if he wasn’t mad at her for that at all? What if he’d been sick and she was just crazily overreacting?
    Unsure of herself, she sighed and walked over to where Chas was saving her a seat.
    They talked about dresses again, and Elisa had almost forgotten about Julian or her nerves when a shadow fell across them.
    Glancing up, her heart jerked when Julian stared back at her with his intense, moody eyes.
    “Julian, I’m—”
    She didn’t get to finish her apology. Reaching into his dark aviator jacket, he pulled out a shiny red apple from his pocket and set it gently on her tray.
    Then he turned on his heel and walked out of the cafeteria.

Chapter 5
    Dressed in black pumps, a cherry-red thigh-high dress, and with an intricately braided knotwork bun, Elisa felt a little like a pinup Barbie doll.
    “Mom.” She winced, glancing down at the long expanse of exposed thigh and calf. “Are you sure this isn’t too short?”
    Her arms were bared and the dress had a heart-shaped corset to it—Elisa never dressed like this. She was an athlete, so sexy clothes was usually the last thing on her mind.
    Joey was going to arrive to pick her up in about ten minutes and there were no other dresses appropriate enough for a dance in her closet. At this point, Elisa was very tempted to just call him and cancel.
    She never should have let Chastity sway her into getting this dress. What had she been thinking to take advice from a girl who’d never worn a dress in her life? Elisa’s father’s eyes had bugged out of his head when he’d seen her walk out of her room tonight, and he’d hidden himself away in the study and refused to come out, claiming he’d punch Joey straight in his face if the boy so much as looked at his daughter the wrong way.
    But her mother only laughed. “Elisa, you look amazing. You’re going to give those boys a heart attack tonight.”
    Her mother had Elisa backed into the corner of the living room with her camera out, locked and loaded and ready for action. She’d tried at one point to sneak away back upstairs, but her mom had barred the way and given her the upraised brow of disapproval. She was determined to put something in her scrapbook whether Elisa wanted her to or not.
    Grumpy, Elisa glowered and crossed her arms, which caused her breasts to pop up. Elisa wasn’t busty in the slightest, but there was something about the way the corset hugged her body that gave her the illusion of big boobs, which only made her more self-conscious than she already was.
    “Where are those kids?” Elizabeth frowned and stared out the window toward the Wrights’ house. “I told them to be here five minutes ago.”
    Muttering beneath her breath, she padded over the white lacy curtains and pulled them back.
    Why her mother had decided to tell Mrs. Wright that not only should she let the boys go to homecoming, but they should also go as part of Elisa’s entourage, was so completely beyond her.
    Worst part of it was, Mom hadn’t bothered to ask Elisa’s opinion of it first. She’d simply told Lori that it was fine. Elisa loved them both, but they were busybodies. How was she supposed to get in some good flirting time with Joey now that the three amigos would be tagging along?
    She sighed, belly going crazy as she thought about what Joey would say. Elisa had not yet shared that latest development with him.
    The doorbell rang.
    “Finally,” Elizabeth growled and dropped the drapes, rushing to open the door.
    Stomach a mass of swarming butterflies, she gripped her belly as her mother greeted the Wrights.
    Christian and Roman wore goofy smiles on their handsome faces. Their light brown hair had been slicked back stylishly and even though they were dressed in steel-gray slacks and silk