False Start (The McKay-Tucker Men Series Book 1) by Marianne Rice

Author:Marianne Rice [Rice, Marianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Twenty-two years ago…

High school can be rough. Especially when you’re fifteen, under-developed, and in AP Chemistry surrounded by eighteen-year-olds. Meg had been too naïve to understand the joking that went on behind her back. It was her second and last year in high school. Being somewhat of a gifted child had its challenges. She wasn’t that bright; she wasn’t considered a prodigy, but she was definitely smarter than the average kid. Scoring a 1500 on her SATs at fourteen and already having an acceptance letter from every elite and Ivy League school in the northeast, Meg considered herself lucky, but nothing special.

Special was Brittany Lovely. She even had a pretty last name. Head cheerleader, popular with the girls and boys, a good enough student to make honor roll, and she had boobs. Meg got her period this past summer, and maybe the boobs would come next. That’s what the books said. Brittany wore little shirts showing off her tanned, flat belly and overdeveloped chest and tight jeans that showed off her small butt and long thin legs. Meg’s wardrobe mirrored the Amish. Her grandmother thought she looked older when she wore long skirts, buttoned-down blouses and glasses. But instead of blending in with the teachers, she looked like a ten-year-old in completely outdated, unstylish woman’s clothes. And oh, she had no boobs.

Meg had been popular in her own right. Most of the boys didn’t know her name; they called her the “whiz kid” or “Four-eyes Fulton” behind her back, but always wanted to work with her in groups. They fought over her as a lab partner and congregated around her desk at school. Students flocked to her right before tests. But she never used her knowledge to cheat. They stopped asking her to do their homework after her first month in school. But at fifteen, Meg was too naïve to realize no one cared to be her friend, that she was being used for her brains.

There were never birthday invitations for her. Not that high schoolers sent out birthday invitations, but she still sensed the rejection. Meg overheard the gossip in the halls. She heard about the parties, and who hooked up with whom. She didn’t understand what hooking up meant. She assumed dating, holding hands, the occasional kiss. That’s what high school kids did, right?

Meg didn’t watch television or read contemporary books, just the classics. Being raised by her old-school grandparents didn’t help matters either, not that she truly believed there was a “matter.” Content with her life, but wishing she had a confidant, a close friend, Meg passed her time reading and studying. Her best friend in elementary school, Theresa Haskell, moved away in fifth grade, and Meg never found a replacement. And that’s when her thirst for learning grew. It started out of boredom. She read. And read. And read. She asked questions, looked up the answers and never stopped wanting to learn more.

By the time she was twelve and in seventh grade, she had aced

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