Famous by Jessica Burkhart

Author:Jessica Burkhart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

WHAT ATTENTION SPAN?

ALL DAY I FELT AS though I was hiding from Taylor and Brielle. I kept my eyes down when I entered classes that we shared and almost ran from class to class. I knew Drew deserved to know what had happened, but I hated the idea of even telling him. He was going to be furious at Taylor and Brielle. I was more worried about Taylor, though, because they had swimming together and had to be around each other. Also, it didn’t help that Taylor was my ex-boyfriend.

If I were in Drew’s position, though, I would want to know what was going on. I hadn’t been able to tell another person last night, and he’d understand that.

On my way to Hawthorne to change for my lesson, I pulled my phone out of my coat pocket.

I typed a BBM.

Lauren:

Hey, wanted 2 ask ahead of time . . . can u hang out w me 4 a while after riding? If u can, I want 2 tell u what happened yest.

Drew wrote me back before I’d reached the stable.

Drew:

Of course. We can go wherever u want 2 talk.

Lauren:

Thank u. C u in a few!

“Lauren!” Mr. Conner’s voice had a hard edge to it.

I winced and looked at him. His arms were crossed where he stood, balanced on crutches, in the middle of the arena.

“I’m not going to ask any of you again—pay attention. I’m not here to waste my time. If you have something more important to do, please leave.”

I bit down on my lip and kept my eyes between Whisper’s ears. We were minutes away from the end of the lesson, thankfully. I’d messed up since Mr. Conner’s first command to my group.

Before I’d entered the arena, I’d thought I’d prepared myself to share a relatively small space with Brielle. I hadn’t seen her while I’d tacked up, and I’d warmed up Whisper in the aisle and rode into the arena, pretending to have been there all along with everyone else, seconds before Mr. Conner entered.

It had only taken seconds for my eyes to shift from guiding Whisper to looking at Brielle. I stared at her, forgetting where I was for a minute, and she’d turned Zane as they made a figure eight. Her eyes connected with mine.

It had been the first exercise of class, and I accidentally jerked on Whisper’s reins. She stepped out of the pattern we had been assigned and tossed her head. Mr. Conner had reprimanded me, and I’d spent the next few minutes fighting back embarrassed tears.

If I’d known how the lesson was going to go, I wouldn’t have come. The first mistake had been far from my last. I kept getting distracted, and Whisper followed my lead. Mr. Conner’s comments to me became sharper and sharper, but it was almost as if he was talking to someone else. I just couldn’t get it together.

Now I felt sad and worn out. Whisper was annoyed with me. Her tail flicked from side to side, and she kept tugging the reins through my hands.

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