Finding Wonderful (The Perfect Rebels Book 1) by Jessica Sorensen

Author:Jessica Sorensen [Sorensen , Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Willa

When I was younger, kids used to call me stupid. Stupid girl. Stupid freak. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. But then I grew up, became friends with Brecken, and he was always telling me how smart I was. How much I rocked. That I was such a cool, amazing person. And the stupid comments became hushed whispers I rarely heard.

Now, I wonder if the kids I go to school with may have been onto something. All I had to do was lie to my mom and tell her Gaige was hitting on me. Then she wouldn’t have let him move in with us. Yes, my mom is nice, but she has a line and harming or hurting me is that line.

I shouldn’t have lied.

I don't know why I did. I wanted Gaige to get into trouble. I wanted to see him squirm. But he was taking these short breaths, and I felt sorry for him. A panic attack. I've had them before. I used to have them all the time in middle school. When I walked into the cafeteria and kids pointed and whispered. When my nickname floated around the room. When the teacher would call on me and kids would turn and stare, waiting for me to screw up. Sometimes I'd skip class and hide out in the bathroom. Or eat my lunch by my locker. Or ditch school altogether and walk around the neighborhood until it was time to go home.

So yeah, I felt sorry for Gaige and let him off the hook. The reason behind his panic is a mystery, just like why he’s moving in with us. I don’t care, though. This is the last time I’ll be kind to Gaige. From now on, I’ll avoid him. My good deeds monthly quota is officially done.

After I bail out of the house, I stay in the truck with the window down and wait for Gaige to come out. If Brecken were here, I’d call him up and vent to him about the ordeal. He’d make jokes. I’d laugh. Life wouldn’t seem all that shitty. But now all I have to look forward to is going home, returning to my room and depressing music, and over analyzing why the hell my best friend wanted to leave.

Stop thinking about this shit, Willa. Just stop thinking.

Just stop.

Blinking the tears back, I focus on my mom. She’s standing in the middle of the lawn, shielding her eyes from the sunlight as she chats to Louisa about Gaige.

“Oh, I’m sure he won’t be a bother,” my mom insists. “He seems like a nice young man.”

Louisa’s face scrunches. “He can get pretty annoying. Usually, I just send him out of the house or make him do chores, like mow the lawn or something. You can do that if you need to. In fact, you probably should make him.”

“A neighbor of ours actually mows the lawn for us,” my mom says. “But I might have Gaige come to the shelter with me if he’d like to.

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