Drowning With Others by Linda Keir

Author:Linda Keir [Keir, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781503902992
Google: BS-6vAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1503902994
Goodreads: 42121942
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Published: 2019-10-01T23:00:00+00:00

Saturday, December 21, 1996

I don’t know any other way to tell this except by starting at the beginning.

I feel like killing myself. Or somebody.

Sarah Ann wanted to preparty with her friends, so I told Mike I’d meet him later and went to Rosen House, mainly because there was zero chance I’d run into Andi. Sarah Ann kept going on about a big “surprise” that turned out to be a bag of dried-up weed and a box of warm white wine. It started snowing again while we walked to the old ballroom in McCormick for the dance, and Sarah Ann wouldn’t stop complaining about how wet her feet were getting.

“Do you want me to carry you?” I finally asked, but I guess I didn’t sound nice enough because she started to pout.

Once we got to the dance, she got over it and started acting like nothing was wrong. I told her I didn’t feel like dancing yet, so she went out on the floor with her girlfriends and did that thing where they all dance together in a circle. Mike and the guys weren’t there yet, and I’m guessing they were having a better preparty than I did.

The faculty chaperones were Mr. Matheson, Mrs. Henry, and Dallas Walker, who I figured warmed up on a cold night with straight bourbon or some other manly drink. I actually thought about asking him if he had a flask or something—I mean, he gave us beer, right?

I kept watching for Andi and Whip It Out, and sure enough, they came in, just the two of them, making me wonder if they’d had a long, romantic walk in the snow.

All of a sudden, Sylvie was next to me, looking all serious and sad.

“Ian, are you all right?” she asked, and I was so sick of being asked and so disgusted at seeing Andi with Whitmer that I said, “I need to talk,” even though I didn’t want to.

We went upstairs into a dark hall, and I didn’t say anything, just started kissing her, and she was really into it.

Then I realized she was crying. I stopped kissing her.

“This is so nice, and I like you so much, Ian,” she said, “but I know you’re really thinking about Andi.”

“You have no idea what I’m thinking,” I said, and left.

I went through the balcony doors and sat there for a little while. I saw Sarah Ann looking for me. I saw Mike and the boys show up with their dates, and it looked like they were having a lot of fun. I saw Andi slow-dancing with Whitmer, and the thought of him grinding his crotch against her made me want to bash his face in.

After a while, Mike found me. I guess Sylvie told him where I was.

“Have one of these,” he said, handing me a little airplane bottle of Jack Daniel’s. “Louis Johnstone’s aunt is a stewardess.”

I opened it and drank it right down. My stomach felt warm.

“Dude, Sarah Ann looks smokin’ tonight,” said Mike. “And she’s totally into you.

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