did, her phone timer went off.
She hustled it back to the meet up spot near the entrance,
since she didn’t want her picks to be disqualified for taking too
long to get there. Quinn was there, leaning against the bright
orange fence like it wouldn’t come tumbling down with the
slightest wind. She was tempting fate, big time, but she looked
so happy and carefree doing it, her hair spilling out of that
ugly ball cap, that it stole Dallas’ breath.
“Hey,” Quinn said as Dallas approached. She was
beaming, and it was pretty obvious that she thought she was
going to rock their little competition. “Find anything good?”
“I guess, maybe a couple things. I think I have you all beat
for the old stuff. Maybe the five dollar category too.”
“Ooh!” Quinn exclaimed, but didn’t ask what Dallas
found. That would be kind of cheating, to discuss it
beforehand, without any of the rest of them there. Instead,
Quinn lowered her voice so that just Dallas could hear and not
any of the people passing by. “I talked to my parents last night.
I thought that they’d be understanding, and they were. You’re
more than welcome to come tonight, to Danica’s party.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah! I think for them it really helped to have an
explanation. That’s all they really wanted. They said they
would be happy if you came. They’d love to see you again.”
Dallas was floored. She hadn’t really believed that she’d
be able to go to Danica’s party when Quinn extended the
invitation yesterday. She thought for sure that Quinn’s parents
would put their collective foot down and say that they’d rather
that she didn’t come.
“What about Danica? Is she okay with me crashing it? You