Chosen for Song, Volume 1: An Urban Fantasy, Reverse Harem, Academy Book (Chosen Academy 4) by Stewart Delia

Author:Stewart, Delia [Stewart, Delia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

V ance walked me back to my doorstep, and just as I said goodbye to him, I glanced across the street to see his door opening. I watched, hoping to see Alex emerge. Confusion and desire were mixing inside me and I needed to see him, needed to see my two magnetic halves together. I wasn't a part of their connection, but they somehow grounded me too, and it didn't feel right for them to be apart.

Instead of Alex, though, the door across the street opened to reveal Dora. She shot a grin at Vance and me, and then turned at the bottom of the steps and disappeared quickly down the street.

"What the actual ..." Vance said.

A dark jealousy twined around my heart like a serpent, as my mind screamed at me that something was very, very wrong.

"I need to go," Vance said. He squeezed my hand and waited until I'd opened my front door. Then I watched him bolt across the street and into his building. I hoped whatever was happening with Alex, that Vance could fix it.

The house smelled like warm roasted food and home when I made my way inside, and the familiarity of it lifted a bit of the trouble my mind had wrapped itself around.

"There you are," Mom said, smiling as I came into the connected living room and kitchen area. "How was school?"

That question didn't have an easy answer anymore, unfortunately. "Fine," I said, hoping Mom would leave it at that.

"Hey," my mother said, lifting the spatula she was holding in the air as she looked at me over her shoulder. "Isn't there a homecoming dance next week? Do we need to find you a dress?"

"Carly's going to a dance?" Ethan asked from the bottom of the stairs. He'd just come down, an event that sounded a lot like a herd of elephants bursting into a room. "Which one of your boyfriends got suckered into that?"

I glared at him and Mom raised an eyebrow, looking a little confused.

"No one has asked," I said honestly. "But I might go with friends."

Just then, my phone pinged with a text, and I lifted it to check.

Vance: I forgot to ask. Will you go to homecoming with me?

Me: Yes!

Vance: Awesome.

I pushed away the dark lump of disappointment and worry over Alex. I hadn't really expected to have two dates to the dance, had I?

"Actually, that was Vance. He just asked me," I said.

"Oh, honey, that's wonderful," Mom said. "So dress shopping tomorrow?"

I didn't want to go dress shopping with my mom. It felt like something I might have done back in California, but for some reason here it seemed babyish. But Mom looked so excited. "Sure."

Dad came through the door then, and soon he was telling my mother excitedly about some antiquities that had been unearthed in India that would be coming to the NYU collection for study, while he sat at the bar and had a drink as she finished cooking.

"That's amazing, David." Mom was always supportive of my dad, and it was becoming harder for me to watch.

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