Everybody Knows by Kyra Lennon

Author:Kyra Lennon [Lennon, Kyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9 - Lockdown

“What in the actual fuck?” Ellie shrieked, shoving her iPad in my face as my eyelids fluttered open.

“What?” I mumbled. “Go away.”

I tried to pull my duvet over my head but she tugged it away from me and thrust her iPad towards me again. I blinked a few times, trying to work out where I was, what time it was, and why my sister was flipping out.

Prague. We had to be in Prague by now. There was daylight outside, so it was maybe… Hell, I had no idea.

I turned onto my side and as my eyes focused on her iPad screen, I let out a shriek of my own.

This cannot be happening again.

But it was. Just like the year before when the papers had gone batshit over Drew and Jason’s feud, and Ellie had gotten dragged in the middle of it, this time it was my turn to make the news.

Jason and I hadn’t been as alone as I’d thought the night before, and our kiss was now a headline story on one of the leading entertainment websites.

Oh, wow. I’d been so rudely awoken I hadn’t had time to revel in the fact that Jason and I were officially… something. An item. Albeit a very new and slightly tentative one. That fluttery sensation I’d felt when he kissed me returned at the memory and I had to fight a smile, because although there was plenty to smile about, having it appear in the news was not good at all.

“Yeah,” I began. “Ellie, I have something to tell you.”

Her eyebrows shot upwards. “Lucy, this isn’t funny!”

“Do I look like I’m laughing?” I shoved the duvet away from me, and hopped out of my bunk.

“What the hell did you do?”

I pointed at the screen; did I really need to say it out loud?

Ellie blew out a breath. “Okay, we need to fix this immediately because as soon as Mum and Dad see this, they’re going to call and you need something to tell them. In fact, the faster we sort this, the faster you can call them before they read it in the paper.”

She looked frantic, her hair in disarray. I saw it was only nine am, which meant it was only eight in the UK. Hopefully my parents hadn’t checked the news just yet.

“Wait,” I said. “What do you mean ‘fix this’?”

“Damage control. We need to call Derek and get this crap resolved before it gets out of hand.”

Crap? Me kissing Jason was crap?

“Ellie, stop talking. I need to think, okay? And I need to talk to Jason.”

“You need to stay away from Jason or Mum and Dad will have your ass flown home!”

“I’m not a child! I can make decisions for myself, and right now, I need five minutes to myself.”

I pushed past her to the communal area which was, thankfully, empty. I was surprised Ellie’s yelps hadn’t dragged everyone from their bunks, though if they knew what was smart, they’d stay where they were and listen from a distance.

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