Fate by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Author:Jennifer Lynn Barnes [Barnes, Jennifer Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Social Issues, Humorous Stories, Girls & Women, Social Science, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Fiction, Fate and fatalism, Young adult fiction, Supernatural, Best Friends, Visionary & Metaphysical, Mythology, Friendship, Folklore & Mythology
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2009-03-10T00:00:00+00:00

I didn't know what to expect out of my “date” with Alec. We'd spoken for the first time less than thirty-six hours earlier, and if Delia hadn't been on a geek kick, I might not have even noticed how absolutely adorable he was. Add to that the fact that the sum total of our interactions included falling out of our chairs in study hall and witnessing some kind of utterly bizarre mystical attack in physics class (which he didn't even remember), and my mind couldn't find a next logical step.

Not that logic had ever been my forte.

For that matter, stepping wasn't really my strong point either. I proved this as I stepped out of my car. My ankle twisted beneath me, but I managed to regain my balance. “Walk it off,” I mumbled under my breath.

To my great relief, Alec didn't say, “Walk what off?” There were definite benefits to hanging out with someone who really got what it was like to be a teensy bit clumsy. Then again, other than asking me if I could drive because he didn't have a car, and he knew that sounded lame, but he'd give me directions, because he knew this great place, Alec hadn't said much. I wondered if he was thinking about the “nap” our physics teacher had taken during class, or the way Delia had bulldozed us into this date. Then I wondered if he was thinking about me—even a little bit.

My mind flitted to James then. I'd only met him once, but we'd talked a lot more than Alec and I had, and with James, I'd felt like everything was funny, even the fact that I was probably the least perfect person to ever set foot on Otherworldly soil. James was laughter. Alec was shy smiles.

Why couldn't I have both of them? And really, why did I want them both so badly, when I barely knew either of them at all?

“It's just a little walk from here,” Alec said, stuffing his hands into his pockets. “I think you'll like it.”

I didn't ask what “it” was. I probably should have, given the fact that there was a distinct chance that Alec had somehow stumbled across something that had brought him to the attention of the Sidhe. I couldn't imagine what he could have found, or what knowledge he could have gleaned, that would have made him so important to the beings that had warned me away from him.

The same beings, coincidentally enough, who'd turned Jessica into an unwilling high school Medusa.

“Ummm … where did you say we were going again?” I asked as I followed him through a park I'd been to before, up to the edge of a forest I hadn't. I couldn't help thinking that the mental interlopers had promised me similar “punishment” if I didn't stay away from Alec. For our first date, I was hoping for somewhere well lit and open, where we could be seen by dozens of people and there were no shadows.

That wasn't too much to ask for, was it?

“It's just this place,” Alec said.

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