Far From You by Tess Sharpe

Author:Tess Sharpe [Sharpe, Tess]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Social Issues, Drugs; Alcohol; Substance Abuse, Homosexuality
ISBN: 9781423184621
Google: KmggAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1423184629
Barnesnoble: 1423184629
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 2014-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

38

FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS AGO (SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD)

“We’re gonna be late,” Mina says.

I zip up my boots and pull my jeans down over them. “We’ve got twenty minutes. Chill.”

She collapses on my bed, scattering throw pillows everywhere. She’s wearing a hot pink dress that’s so short, her mom would throw a fit if she saw it—which, of course, is why Mina changed into it at my house. There are little beads on the three-quarter-length sleeves, and they keep catching the light, like she’s twinkling.

She props herself up on her elbow, her hair spilling over her shoulder, a dark mass of brown curls against the pink. “Are you sure you want to wear those jeans? You should wear the black skinny ones. Tuck them into your boots.”

“I can barely breathe in the skinny ones.”

“But you look so good in them.”

I size her up, suspicious of her sudden interest in my clothes. “Is there something about tonight you’re not telling me?” I ask. There’s nothing Mina loves more than a surprise. “Why do I need to be dressed up? You’re not planning a welcome-home party, are you? Mina, I hate that sort of thing.”

“Which is why I stopped myself,” Mina says. “It’s just burgers with Kyle and Trev. I already told you.”

I shoot her a look. “Okay, but I think you’re acting weird.”

“And I think you should change.”

“Not going to happen.”

“At least put on some lip gloss.”

“What’s with you?” I ask as I pull my sweater on. “It’s just Trev and your boyfriend.” Every time I call Kyle her boyfriend, it gets easier. I’ve been practicing it in front of the mirror.

“You’re so pretty.” Mina gets up from the bed to paw through my jewelry box. “And you spend half of your life dressing so boring because you think it’ll make people notice you less.”

“Maybe I don’t want people to notice me.”

“That’s my whole point.” Mina holds a pair of silver hoops up to her ears in front of the mirror, turning her head back and forth before discarding them. “You want to hide. It’s unfair to yourself.”

“I’m not the one who wants to hide, Mina,” I say, and she fumbles and drops the necklace she’s picked up.

“I’m going downstairs,” she says flatly. “We should leave soon.”

Trev and Kyle are already sitting in a booth when we get there. Angry Burger is busy, packed with college students home for the weekend, a big group shooting pool in the corner, Corona bottles stuffed with lime wedges clutched in their free hands. They haven’t updated the music on the jukebox in forever; it’s always twangy, old-school country, heavy on the banjo.

Mina slides into the spot next to Kyle while Trev gets up from the chipped oak booth.

I’ve been home from Oregon for a week. This is the first time I’ve seen him, and I’m surprised at how happy I am.

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