A Soul's Kiss by Debra Chapoton

Author:Debra Chapoton [Chapoton, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-05T05:00:00+00:00

Hannah

Monday morning

Errrggghh, I didn’t want to feel like this! I rushed to use the toilet as soon as that Amy-girl left, then spent some extra time washing my hands. As if I could wash away certain memories, certain suspicions. I never asked Michael what had happened or how Amy had escaped.

I had to go and re-park the car a block away, off the road and next to the other cars. I wasn’t too happy to walk back because the rain had started up again. I waited out the downpour ten minutes. When the rain finally let up, I picked my way slowly along a muddy path, the afternoon more dark and gray than light and summery. Michael was alone in the hut when I knocked, the music now blasting some hard rock alternative with insanely profane lyrics.

“Where’d . . . ?” I started to ask, but cut myself off as he stuffed something under the mattress and the others burst through the door knocking into me, wet, laughing, and out of breath. Then it was party time as the rain pounded harder and we had to turn up the music even more. It took a while for them to explain what I missed. Hard to imagine so much stuff could go down in fifteen or twenty minutes. And I was only getting half the story. Michael had clammed up.

I took a couple of paper towels from the dispenser and patted my hands, still thinking of that day. I felt like I was explaining it to someone. I didn’t do anything bad to Amy, and she obviously got home safe and sound. I never saw her at the beach again, but when school started I saw her . . . hardly recognized her. She was no longer the cute little sexy thing that Michael used to stare at. He thought I didn’t notice, but that was why I picked her; she deserved what she got.

I left the restroom and wandered the halls a bit before stopping in front of Michael’s classroom. The teacher was bent over some kid’s desk helping with work so I stood there until I got Michael’s attention. My heart zoomed around my chest when he looked up; I’d never been so glad to see him. Where were you this morning? I mouthed. Late, he mimed back. See you at lunch. He nodded and went back to writing, but I couldn’t move from the spot. It was like I was locked on to him with a laser beam. I realized that my lips were curling up and my heart was beating fiercely. Michael was actually pretty awesome. And he was mine. Mine.

I unglued my feet from the tiles and let my face crumple into a frown. Mine! And you can’t have him! I was screaming in my head at myself and as I moved away from the open door, I brought the wooden hall pass up hard against my head. What the—?

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