A New Hope (The Second Chance Series Book 2) by Escue Christina

Author:Escue, Christina [Escue, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-27T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-Four

The next few weeks passed quickly. Elliot was doing well in school and Andrew had been meeting with Chase once a week. He’d told Karla about his past and they were closer than they had ever been. Today was a big day for Karla. It was the first competition for the Academic Decathlon team.

Karla was nervous. They had been training for weeks and she wasn’t worried about the competition itself, she was worried about the crowd of people that would be there. She still wasn’t comfortable with large crowds.

When she went downstairs for breakfast she was in her team uniform, which consisted of a black skirt, a gold shirt and a black and gold plaid tie. She walked into the kitchen and Andrew whistled at her. She smiled at him and took her seat at the table.

“What do you want for breakfast, honey?” Leslie asked her.

“Just an apple or banana. My stomach is in knots and I don’t want to eat too much.” Karla answered as she got up and poured some orange juice. Leslie tossed her an apple and she sat back down.

They ate in silence for a few minutes before Elliot looked at Karla and said, “Why are you so nervous? You’ll have Conner, Callie and Rylee right beside you the whole day.”

“Actually I’ll just be with Rylee. Conner will be with the Science group and Callie will be with the Math group. Rylee and I are both in the History group. But since we aren’t all competing at the same time we can watch each other so I’ll be able to focus on the five of you instead of the other people in the room. As long as I can see you three, Conner and Callie, and focus on the questions I should be fine. I just don’t like talking in front a lot of people and I really don’t like crowds.”

“We’ll be right there, sis. I promise.” Elliot assured her and smiled.

“Yes we will be, honey” Leslie said and hugged her from behind. “You can always count on us to be there.”

“I know I can and I love you all for that and much, much more.”

“Who is in the History group with you and Rylee?” Andrew asked, trying to get Karla to focus on the competition and not her nerves.

“There are five members of each group. The History group consists of Jake, our head captain, Gretchen, she’s a junior and is one of the junior captains, Mike, who is a senior, Rylee and me. The Math group has Daniel, who is the other junior captain, David, who is a senior, Vicki, who is a junior, Jennifer, who is also a junior and Callie. The Science group has Kayla, a senior, Amanda, a junior, Damien, a senior, Michael, a junior and Conner. I am the youngest member of the team.”

“Wow. That’s really cool Karla.” Elliot said is awe of his sister.

“You could do it too Elliot. You are very smart in Math.” Karla told him with a smile.

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