Cinder & Ella by Kelly Oram

Author:Kelly Oram [Oram, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Teen & Young Adult, Love & Romance, romance, YA, contemporary
ISBN: 9780991457953
Amazon: B00MRLYO7K
Barnesnoble: B00MRLYO7K
Goodreads: 22724488
Publisher: Bluefields
Published: 2014-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

I hadn’t expected Juliette and her popular boy fan club to suddenly become my best friends—and they didn’t, of course—but Dylan and Luke both nodded and said hello when they passed me in the halls, and Rob even started sitting by me in the one class we shared and sometimes joined Vivian and me at lunch.

I was still mostly an outcast, but the animosity toward me seemed to be gone, with the exception of Anastasia and her most loyal friends. It made life at school a little more comfortable. Unfortunately, the tension at home got worse. Anastasia hated that Juliette and I were becoming friendlier with one another. The angrier she got, the less Juliette wanted to be around her, and suddenly Ana was the one hiding in her room all the time instead of me.

It was nice having Vivian and Juliette and even Rob to talk to, but I missed Cinder. By Friday night I still hadn’t spoken to him. It had only been three days since our fight, but it felt like forever. I wasn’t sure why I hadn’t contacted him yet. Being stubborn, mostly. I wanted him to be the first to break. Even though he said he cared about me, him not wanting to meet me hurt.

I knew I needed to get over him, so I tried to forget about him and enjoy myself at Vivian’s house. Our movie night was a success. Everyone was relaxed and in a good mood. We stuck to our plan to rent a Brian Oliver flick. Since it was a teen comedy, the guys all liked it, too. There was a lot of laughter and popcorn throwing.

Everything was perfect, except for the fact that I couldn’t make myself like Rob. He was a really nice guy. He was cute, interesting, smart—and I could tell that he really liked me—but there was nothing there for me. I liked him, and would love to have him as a friend, but there were no butterflies when I looked at him. He sat next to me during the movie with his hand resting on his thigh as if he was waiting for me to pick it up or give him any indication that I wanted him to take mine. I cradled the popcorn bowl and pretended to be oblivious.

I managed to hide my misery well enough, because even though I didn’t flirt with Rob he seemed in good spirits when he left Vivian’s house, and Juliette talked about how excited she was for me all the way home.

The following Friday I turned nineteen. I hadn’t said a word to anyone about it, hoping the day would come and go with no one being the wiser. I was dreading it for several reasons. The first—and most obvious—was that it marked the anniversary of my mother’s death. The morning of my eighteenth birthday Mama woke me up with an off-key serenade to the tune of “Happy Birthday,” and announced that she was pulling me out of school for the last two days that week.

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