Edgewood by McQuestion Karen

Author:McQuestion, Karen [McQuestion, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal young adult
Publisher: Karen McQuestion
Published: 2012-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

“Don’t argue with me, Russ. I’m coming and that’s all there is to it,” Mallory said, as she drove me home from school. I’d gratefully accepted her offer of a ride home after science class ended that day. It beat taking the bus or walking, that’s for sure. I’d hoped people would notice us together in the parking lot but no such luck. None of my friends were around, and everyone else was busy with their own thing. High-schoolers can be so self-involved.

I’d just explained about the stone, and that I was going to Mr. Specter’s that evening, when Mallory announced she was going with me. I told her it wasn’t necessary, but secretly I welcomed it. For one, I’d be going somewhere with Mallory (and not Jameson this time), and for another, she could drive, which eliminated parental involvement. And lastly, the whole thing kind of weirded me out. It would be nice to have someone else along. Safety in numbers.

I used Mr. Specter’s lie and told my folks I was going to his house to see a science demonstration. “It’ll take about an hour,” I said and they nodded agreeably, despite the fact the whole concept was absurd. What teacher requires kids to go to his house ever, much less on a school night for extra credit? Why a Monday? What kind of demonstration? But true to form, neither of them asked. I was already getting an A in science. Presumably with a little extra credit I could bump it up to a more acceptable A+.

Maybe part of their easy acceptance came with the knowledge they didn’t have to drive me. When I told them Mallory Nassif was picking me up, they didn’t question that either. Again, I’m just too good of a kid to ever do anything wrong in their eyes. Lying to them now made me feel terrible, but it couldn’t be avoided.

So now Mallory and I were headed to Specter’s house, with Jameson nowhere in sight. I didn’t miss that guy in the least. Maybe I’d suggest we stop at Starbucks afterward and I could worm my way into her heart over a chai latte or whatever it was she liked to drink. Stopping somewhere for ice cream was another thought. The truth of it was, I didn’t care what we did, I just liked being with her. Something about her made me want to be as near to her as possible.

Maybe Carly was right and I did have the love disease. Lately I thought about Mallory all the time. I found myself replaying our conversations in my head over and over again when I was alone in my room. I’d memorized every expression on her face, the way she frowned slightly when she was deep in thought, the way she burst out laughing when something funny caught her off guard, the look of concern she had when people were injured, like when we’d found Gordy. Making her laugh was the best, like winning a prize.

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