Dating My Best Friend (Redefining Me Book 1) by Michelle MacQueen & Ann Maree Craven

Author:Michelle MacQueen & Ann Maree Craven [MacQueen, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twin Rivers Press
Published: 2019-06-13T05:00:00+00:00

15

Peyton

~ Peyton,

I don’t want to be your friend.

Please stop being mine.

Cam ~

“I know why I got Saturday school,” Cameron said. “But remind me again why you deserve to be here?” He walked up to the school entrance with Peyton early Saturday morning.

“Well, right before you swooped in on your white horse to defend my honor and shut Avery up with your fists, I kinda screamed at the entire school and lost my shit.”

“I don’t know why I thought you needed defending.” Cameron’s eyes lit up with his smile—a genuine Cam smile she hadn’t seen in forever. The sight of it sent her heart skipping. “You can clearly take care of yourself.” His hand slipped into hers, the gesture familiar and foreign at the same time.

Friends, Peyton. She reminded herself. She didn’t want to screw this up by moving too fast. She’d get her heart broken for sure if she let her emotions run away with her now.

“Well, it’s always nice to have backup.” She bumped her shoulder against his. “This morning’s going to suck, but why don’t you come over for dinner tonight. Mom and Dad have missed having you around, you know.”

“I’d like that.” Cameron grinned, but his smile faded as they watched Avery stomp toward the principal’s office where Mrs. Stevens herself waited for them. In jeans and a sweatshirt, she looked more like one of her students than the principal of their school.

Avery stood with his arms crossed over his chest, refusing to look at either of his former friends.

“I’d normally leave Saturday school to one of your teachers,” Mrs. Stevens began, “but you three idiots are fortunate you’ve got a principal who not only knows her students but cares about them too. You three used to be friends. I know you’ve all been through a lot since your sophomore year.” Her voice softened. “You’ve experienced a terrible loss, but I hate to see how that’s torn you apart.”

“Can we just skip the lecture and get to work so I can get out of here?” Avery interrupted her.

“Watch it, son.” Mrs. Stevens crossed her arms over her chest. “It’s clear you’re mad at the world, Avery St. Germaine, but I am your principal, and you will speak to me with respect.”

“Yes, ma’am,” he muttered.

“I heard everything that was said in this hall before you boys started acting like heathens. Peyton said a lot of things she shouldn’t have. Screamed them, from what I hear. But she had a point. We let simple words have so much power over us when those words are wielded like weapons against us. Those bathrooms are full of the kind of vitriol you kids spew at each other on a daily basis. I’m sick of hearing it, and I’m sick of seeing it scribbled on the bathroom walls.” She pointed toward the boys’ and girls’ bathrooms where the doors were propped open and ready for them. “Peyton and Cameron, grab a scrub brush and get to work scrubbing the walls. Avery, go behind them and wipe down the walls.

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