Double Trouble by Tia Mowry

Author:Tia Mowry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

9

CAITLYN

I SAT IN homeroom on Monday feeling out of sorts. The B Boys were horsing around in the back of the room, playing keepaway with Biff’s math book. They were making tons of noise, and it was giving me a headache.

But I knew it wasn’t really the B Boys who were bugging me. I hated fighting with Cassie. I hated it a whole lot. And I could tell she’d wanted to make up the night before.

But I hadn’t been ready then. Not because her friends had hijacked the party. Whatever, I could deal with that. Not even because she kept calling Liam and Bianca nerds. I was used to that sort of thing from her.

That scene at the mall, though? That had shaken me up. For real. When Cassie had started going at Mom, it was like she’d totally forgotten they were in public. What was she expecting to happen, anyway? Mom didn’t deal well with threats or tantrums, and she could be just as stubborn as Cassie. Confronting her like that? Not only was it guaranteed not to work, but it might even make her less likely to tell us the truth.

We needed Mom on our side right now if we ever wanted to figure out what was happening to us, and Cassie may have ruined that for us forever.

“I got my pool party invitation!” Liam said, breaking into my thoughts. “If you need an RSVP, consider this mine—I’ll be there.”

“Cool.” I forced a smile, then glanced at Bianca. As usual, she was reading a book at her desk, her dark hair falling forward to block her face from view. “What about you, Bianca? Did you get your invite?” I knew Cassie had e-mailed the whole guest list the night before. At least she’d said she had. I was actually a little surprised that she hadn’t “forgotten” to send anything to my friends.

Bianca looked up briefly. “Yes, I got it,” she said. “Thanks.”

“Good.” I waited for her to say she was coming, but she’d already gone back to her book.

“I just hope it stays nice and hot until then.” Liam leaned back in his chair and smiled. “I haven’t been to Megan’s pool since third grade, but it’s awesome!”

I was a little surprised he’d been to Megan’s pool at all. The two of them weren’t exactly bosom buddies, as far as I could tell.

“Third grade?” I echoed.

He nodded so vigorously his hair flopped over his eyes. “She had the whole class over for an end-of-the-year party,” he explained. “It was supergreat!”

It was nice that he was so excited about the party. I just hoped it was as much fun as he was expecting. With Lavender in charge—or at least trying to be—I wasn’t feeling too confident about that myself.

I glanced toward Lavender’s seat. She wasn’t there yet, but I couldn’t help noticing someone else staring at me.

Gabe. He was leaning forward in his seat a couple of rows back, his eyes trained right on me. As usual he looked

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