“Nate! What are you doing here?” He grinned at me. He has a cute, lopsided grin. “Sorry. Didn’t mean to scare you.” “Yes, you did,” I teased. “You like to make girls scream, don’t you?” His grin grew wider. “Maybe.” “So why are you still here?” He shrugged. “Shark and I had detention. Don’t ask.” I narrowed my eyes at him. “Nate, I thought you were a good boy.” He grinned again. “I can be very good.” I could see he liked me teasing him like that, coming on to him. Did I have a crush on him already? My mind was spinning. Stay away from him, Dana. Ada already hates you. Don’t make it worse. “So? What’s up?” I asked. I started walking to my locker. He hurried after me. “These guys . . . uh . . . they’re having a skating party Saturday night. On Fear Lake.” Fear Lake. I hadn’t thought about that lake on the other side of the woods since I was a kid. My family used to have picnics on the shore. And my dad would drag a canoe there and we’d paddle around for hours.
