Drummer Girl by Karen Bass

Author:Karen Bass [Bass, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
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Publisher: Coteau Books
Published: 2013-05-14T14:00:00+00:00

15 | backbeat

Sid couldn’t believe she could go from feeling so hot to so cold in a few heartbeats. She hadn’t heard Brad leave but she could hear James crashing around in the kitchen. How embarrassing, having your dad catch you necking with a guy.

Heaving a long sigh, Sid got to her feet, almost tripping over her belt in the process. She strapped it on and climbed the stairs on wooden legs that didn’t want to bend. As she pushed the door open, a crash shattered what was left of her nerves. She glimpsed shards of sunlight spraying across the room. When she entered the kitchen she saw the metal ring and plastic handle and plastic lid – all that was left of the glass coffee pot – on the floor. Her dad stood like a mannequin with head down and hand outstretched.

Sid closed the door and leaned against it as she tried to get her heart to stop racing. She exhaled slowly. “That’s a drastic way to cut back on your caffeine intake.”

James flinched at the sound of her voice, snatched the bottle of antacid tablets from the little shelf that curved from the cupboard to the window frame. His hand shook as he opened it; pills sprayed across the counter. He plucked up two and popped them in his mouth, then stood with his back to the kitchen. His knuckles whitened as they wrapped over the edge of the counter.

Worry gripped Sid. She had done this to him. She got the broom and dustpan, swept up all the pieces of glass she could see and dumped them into the garbage can with a clatter. James didn’t move through the whole process.

She leaned against the fridge and clutched the handle. “Dad, we were only kissing.”

James salvaged another two tablets from the counter, chewed them and said, “You were about to do more than that. I saw where his hands were.”

She sighed. “We weren’t going to...”

“Don’t, Sid. I don’t want to hear your excuses.” He turned and crossed his arms. Shadows painted a crescent under each eye. “Have you ever kissed a guy like that before?”

She scowled, not liking where the conversation had suddenly turned, but knowing she had started it so needed to see it through. “No.”

“Then you have no idea how quickly things can get carried away. How easy it is to get caught up in the feeling and before you know it...”

She studied his socks as she felt his gaze boring into her. He couldn’t think she’d –. They would’ve stopped. Wouldn’t they? Needing to reassure herself, she whispered, “Have a little faith in me, Dad.”

His socks came closer. His hand peeled hers from the handle and he guided her to the kitchen table. “We need to talk, Sid.”

“You did the talk, Dad. Remember? The little book. You asked if I understood it all.”

“Not that talk.”

Sid was relieved. She got more than enough talks at school about safe sex and stds and any number of things she really didn’t want to discuss with her father.

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