Dead Girls by RL Weeks & Krystle Able

Author:RL Weeks & Krystle Able [Weeks, RL & Able, Krystle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781699469477
Published: 2019-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

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The halls bustled with people. No one even noticed me. Everyone in my old school loved me, but maybe it was because I’d had money.

“Nervous?” Tommy asked.

I nodded softly.

He squeezed my hand. “I’m right by your side.”

I smiled. It did make me feel better. I squeezed his hand back. “Not for chemistry,” I said.

His lips set into a hard line. “We will meet at lunch! I promise. On the steps.”

“Okay.”

He kissed me on the cheek, making me flush red, then left, leaving me alone in my new world. My gaze landed on a group of cheerleaders. Here goes nothing. I waltzed up to them, whisked my hair back over my shoulder, and smiled my most prize-winning smile. “Hi, I’m Jackson. I’m new here.”

A blonde girl, with her hair tied back tightly, looked me up and down. She was much taller than me. “I’m Blaire. We’re actually in the middle of mourning right now.”

I looked near their feet. A picture of another girl with red hair had been placed in front of a locker. I assumed it must have been the girl who had died in the forest.

“Sorry! I’m worried. My sister is the only redheaded girl under twenty-one left in the town.”

Blaire seemed to have some pity for me because she looked side to side at the other girls and sighed. “Her name was Stephanie,” she told me. “She was the bottom of the pyramid, but she meant so much to us.”

The other girls nodded.

I bit my bottom lip. “I’m sorry for your loss.”

Blaire, who didn’t look too upset standing at her dead friend’s locker, looked me up and down. “It’s a little late, but are you thinking about trying out?”

I couldn’t help but grin even though I was aware of the morbidity around me. “I was on the squad at my last school.”

“Where did you go?”

“Mayborn Academy.”

Another girl, with brunette hair and blue eyes, spoke up. “Isn’t that like the super elite school in New York?”

I nodded, feeling uncomfortable.

“What did you say your name was again?” Blaire asked.

“Jackson. Jackson Harrison.”

Her face lit up. “Oh my God! I read all about your dad in the papers. You’re like… famous.”

I took a deep breath. Talking to these girls had been a mistake. Ugh, my stupidly vain self and caring about popularity meant everyone would know what happened to me now.

“Not really,” I replied and cast my eyes to the floor.

“You should try out!” Blaire said again. “We should go. Nice to meet you, Jackson.”

They hurried off in their group, leaving me alone next to Stephanie’s—the dead girl’s—locker. I looked at her picture and choked up a little. She looked so much like Pierce. I couldn’t bear to think about Pierce just being a picture somewhere, a memory left behind by time.

I shuddered at the sound of the bell and walked to class feeling lower than ever. Those girls would surely tell everyone. So much for keeping a low profile. I mentally kicked myself before heading into chemistry.

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