Chapter 19
The next night as I was getting ready for my parents’ blind date I couldn’t stop thinking about Jeremy kissing me. It was horrible. I wanted to kick him when he kissed me, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I just endured the whole thing. His sloppy tongue, his less than pleasant breath, his roaming hands.
Thankfully shortly after he kissed me Sam grabbed me and hugged me and said Happy New Year. Charlie joined our little circle, laughing and hugging us. Charlie and I quickly realized just how drunk Sam was and made excuses to get out of there. Jeremy asked for my number, but then Sam threw up. We got out of there pretty quickly, without trading numbers.
But the worst part of the night was all I could think about was blowing Joey off.
If I’d told him where we were going a
