Betrayal by Stacy Claflin

Author:Stacy Claflin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stacy Claflin
Published: 2013-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

We sat on the grass with Amanda and Mark, eating our subs and watching the competition. There were all kinds of divisions, mostly divided up by ages. They also had girls' and boys' divisions. There weren't a lot of girls, but the ones competing could have easily held their own against the boys. I was really impressed with the girls who were gutsy enough to take on a sport that was considered only for boys.

"How much longer until you compete?" Cliff asked Mark.

"Probably another half an hour. Thanks for coming out, I know it was a pretty long drive."

"It's been fun. I've never been to one of these before. I had no idea that there was so much excitement."

"They're a lot of fun, and you get to meet all kinds of different people," Mark said. "Last time, I met a guy in a wheelchair who used to compete all the time before he was in a car accident. He loves watching the competitions even though he can't be in them anymore. He was even joking about how dangerous it was to skateboard without a helmet, and then he got injured while driving a car. You just never know who you'll meet."

"That's really cool," Amanda said. "I've already met a lot of interesting people today. One kid brought his dog that was doing all kinds of tricks."

"Like playing dead?" I asked.

Amanda and Mark laughed. "No, skateboard tricks," Amanda said.

"Oh, right." I decided to let everyone else do the talking. I watched the skaters doing their tricks and stopped paying attention to the conversation.

Something caught my attention out the corner of my eye. I saw a group of skaters standing in a circle. They were loud, even above the thundering music. Several were smoking, and the discussion sounded like it was getting heated. Mixed in with the smell of smoke, I could smell the stench of werewolves. I didn't recognize any of them, and hoped that they weren't going to be up to any trouble.

As I was about to return my focus to the competition, I made eye contact with Cliff.

You're so beautiful.

I couldn't help smiling. You're pretty gorgeous yourself.

He smiled at me. He continued talking with Mark, but kept looking back at me. I made funny faces at him, and I could tell that he was trying not to laugh.

Why are you doing that?

Because it's fun, and I love to see you smile. And squirm.

He grinned and turned back to his conversation.

"I see the way that you two are looking at each other," Amanda said. "I'm so glad to see you happy."

"I could say the same thing about you. You're a completely different person than the girl that who went to that party. I'm so glad that you met Mark."

"Oh, I know, right? We never would have even started talking outside of that party. I had all these stupid ideas about how skaters are and I never would have given him a chance. He's broken all of the stereotypes that I had—for skaters, anyway.

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