Signs Point to Yes by Sandy Hall Page B

looked at Jane pointedly.
    â€œWe’re just friends,” Jane said, but her blush gave her away.
    â€œI don’t believe you.”
    â€œI swear!”
    â€œTell me what happened last night, and I’ll tell you whether you’re ‘just friends,’” Margo said as they slipped into the pool.
    Jane dragged out the story of watching the fireworks with Teo on the roof far longer than was really necessary while they bobbed in the deep end, but by the time she finished, it was obvious that Jane had a whopper of a crush on their neighbor. It almost made Margo not want to tease her too much.
    Almost.
    When they were getting out of the pool, an Asian girl who was vaguely familiar to Margo approached them.
    â€œHey,” Jane said to the girl. Then she turned to Margo. “This is Claudia Lee.”
    â€œOh, hey,” Margo said.
    â€œAnd this is my sister, Margo,” Jane said to Claudia.
    â€œHey,” Claudia said. “I think we were in the same art class my freshman year.”
    â€œYeah, totally,” Margo said. “I knew you looked familiar.”
    Jane’s jaw dropped. “You took art class?” she asked her sister.
    â€œYeah. I had a spot for an elective my junior year, and it seemed like a fun one.”
    Margo didn’t mention that she actually transferred into it to hang out with a girl named Kara Maxwell. She also didn’t mention that while she was out with her friends yesterday, she learned that the very same Kara Maxwell was an assistant manager at the pool. Margo kept both of those facts to herself.
    â€œWhat are you doing here?” Jane asked, taking her seat and motioning for Claudia to take the one next to her.
    â€œThe usual,” Claudia said, gesturing toward a group of kids.
    â€œClaudia is in charge of her stepbrother and stepsister every freaking day of her life,” Jane informed Margo, who nodded and slid her sunglasses back up her nose to hide her eyes.
    Kara Maxwell had finally taken the lifeguard stand.
    While Jane and Claudia chatted like old friends, Margo spent the next few hours watching Kara rotate around the pool from one lifeguard chair to the next while trying to think of a decent opening line.
    They hadn’t exactly been close in high school. Margo had only watched Kara from afar, but maybe that could change now.
    Margo was pleased when Teo went back on rotation. She liked the idea that she wasn’t the only person sitting there pining for one of the lifeguards.
    â€œYou got it bad for him,” Claudia said, looking up from her book to follow Jane’s line of sight.
    â€œI do not.”
    Margo leaned over to address Claudia. “She totally does. And he’s definitely into her, too. You should have seen them trying to flirt earlier.”
    â€œDon’t worry,” Claudia said. “I get to witness it every day at swim class.”
    â€œDo we really have to discuss this in earshot of him?” Jane asked, casting a desperate glance in Teo’s direction.
    â€œSomething happened last night,” Margo told Claudia, pitching her voice a little lower.
    Claudia punched Jane in the arm. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
    â€œWe just watched the fireworks together! We’re friends. I don’t like -like him.”
    Margo smirked and Claudia raised a doubtful eyebrow.
    â€œFine. Whatever. I appreciate him—”
    â€œYou appreciate his buttocks,” Claudia interrupted.
    â€œI appreciate him,” Jane continued, undeterred, “for being helpful and sweet.”
    â€œYou love him,” Margo said.
    â€œNo, no,” Claudia said. “She doesn’t love him, but she definitely lurves him.”
    â€œA very important distinction,” Margo said.
    â€œWhat’s the opposite of lurve?” Jane asked. “Because that’s how I feel about the two of you.”
    â€œOuch. Burn,” Claudia said. “So if you guys aren’t here to