All The Things We Found (River Valley Lost & Found Book 2) by Kayla Tirrell

Author:Kayla Tirrell [Tirrell, Kayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-09T16:00:00+00:00

“I still can’t believe the wonder friends let you be seen with me,” Michelle said to as I got into her sports car on Monday morning. She had agreed to let me ride with her to school but made sure I was aware that she would not be going out of her way to do it. She also didn’t have a problem reminding me that she didn’t approve of my other friends.

I didn’t tell her the reason I needed a ride was because the so-called wonder friends and I were fighting. If she assumed so, she didn’t show it. She just said she would let me ride along since we lived on the same street and left it at that.

I’m not leaving early or staying late. NO EXCEPTIONS, her text to me read when I asked if I could hitch a ride. I don’t care if that means you’re stranded at the college.

I didn’t have any delusions when it came to Michelle. While I didn’t think she was nearly as awful as my other friends did, I was keenly aware that Michelle was Michelle’s top priority.

“No eating or drinking in my car,” she said running her fingers through her hair, looking at her reflection in the rearview mirror before pulling out of my driveway. “Oh, and you have absolutely no say in the music. So don’t bother asking.” With this, she turned on the radio to some cheesy pop song.

I don’t know what I had pictured her listening to, but this wasn’t it. It seemed too childish for the way she carried herself. I’d always imagined she’d listen to rap songs celebrating a life of excess. Wasn’t that the way she lived? Maybe some self-affirming chanting would be more fitting. Definitely not the rainbow and sunshine crap she had blaring. I bit my tongue to keep myself from making a smart-ass comment.

We didn’t speak the entire drive, and if she didn’t remind me what time she was leaving campus, I would have thought she’d forgotten I was there altogether.

I wasn’t exactly embarrassed to be seen getting out of the car with Michelle for several reasons. Least of them being, I don’t think anyone would care or notice who I rode with. This wasn’t high school anymore. I doubted anyone took notice.

Of course, it was the idea of that one person seeing me that made those uncomfortable feelings arise in me. I looked around hoping to get out of the parking lot and to class quickly. I’d be early, due to Michelle’s schedule, but at least I’d make it to all of my classes today.

I forced down the guilt that threatened to rise as I kept an eye out for Gwen. I had nothing to feel guilty about. I was not the one who lied. I was not the one who kept a huge secret from my best friend. I was not the one who overreacted and threw a hot drink at my friend.

And yet, it didn’t matter how much I told myself these things.

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