Free White is for Virgins by S. Eva Necks Page A

go to the daycare.
     
     
    I heard him grunt and noticed his biceps tighten.
     
     
    After a few minutes, he hopped into the driver’s seat and started the car. The engine rumbled to life and the smile on Fox’s face was unmistakable.
     
     
    “You revived it,” I said in some form of congratulations as he turned the car off and dropped the hood of the van.
     
     
    He remained silent, making me feel stupid that I’d said anything at all.
     
     
    “So. I need you to watch Holly Saturday. Until like 7,” he said casually as he leaned against the front of the van.
     
     
    “I only work until 5,” I told him.
     
     
    “But I have a race against Marianapolis,” he stated, as if it countered my schedule.
     
     
    “Does it look like I care?” I asked, my finger pointing to my blank face.
     
     
    “Look, I don’t expect you to understand, but this is a big meet. I’m the best freakin’ runner on the team, the captain. I need to be there.”
     
     
    “Why can’t someone else watch Holly, like her mother perhaps?” I questioned, dipping my hand into the tray of paint.
     
     
    “Because she’s out of town with my dad. I have to watch her, or else the maid will report back to my father and I’ll be in deep shit.”
     
     
    “Oh, no!” I gasped in fake horror, “We wouldn’t want Fox Evans to get a spanking, now would we?”
     
     
    “Very funny,” he said, narrowing his eyes, “Plus, that new babysitting policy at the daycare is up. Consider it overtime.”
     
     
    “ I don’t expect you to understand ,” I muttered, mocking his words as I stood up to face him, “But after 5 p.m. on Saturday, I have a life.”
     
     
    “ Psh,” he smirks, “What exactly does a virgin do on a Saturday night? Play Monopoly with her mother?”
     
     
    Again with the virgin thing! He would forever use it against me… and so would everyone else at school.
     
     
    “No, we stopped having game night a year ago,” I stated, smiling icily as I played along, “When my dad got laid off and my mother started working her ass off doing two jobs.”
     
     
    Why I had filled him in on my personal life, I did not know.
     
     
    “Well then, I’m sure you wouldn’t mind the extra money. I doubt you even have plans,” he shrugged.
     
     
    “It’s not my fault you had one too many wine coolers and were dumb enough to try and drive your drunk ass home,” I countered through my teeth. My statement was equally as low as his.
     
     
    His eyes widened a little, and he clenched his jaw. I bet he didn’t think the virgin had it in her.
     
     
    “What’s going on here?” Nina asked, stepping out to assess the situation.
     
     
    “Nothing,” I said, crossing my arms over my chest. I instantly regretted that, because my hand was still covered in wet paint, and it had grazed my white tank top.
     
     
    Splendid. More white articles of clothing covered in un-washable, staining substance.
     
     
    “Actually, Emery was being unreasonable.” Fox spoke up, looking innocent as ever. “She’s unwilling to do her job and do what the daycare asks her to.”
     
     
    Nina gave me a questioning look. I glared menacingly at Fox before explaining myself.
     
     
    “Fox wants me to look after his little sister while he runs a race for the school team on Saturday, but I’ll have to work two extra hours on top of my eight at the daycare. I need a break, and Holly’s his responsibility,” I said speedily, trying not to whine.
     
     
    Nina stood there for a moment, evaluating.
     
     
    “Ok, I have the perfect idea.” She smiled as she continued, “Emery, you will watch Holly and take her to Fox’s race.”
     
     
    My jaw basically detached from my face and fell to the ground while Fox grinned victoriously.
     
     
    “And I’ll drive the van over and we can begin commercializing for the Blood Drive. It’ll be great publicity, with so many young people around,” she finished.
     
     
    I shook my head and