Forever Blue by Abby Wilder

Author:Abby Wilder [Wilder, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-06-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty Four

Ruben - the previous year

Every year, down by the lake, our small town celebrated Guy Fawkes on the Friday night closest to the fifth of November. Except that Friday night it was raining so hard the display was postponed until Saturday. It was a combined Guy Fawkes and Halloween, though not many people chose to dress up, Puruwai was too subdued.

Thankfully, the night was crisp and clear, without a hint of wind or rain to hinder the fireworks about to burst through the night. It was also the first night the carnival opened for the season, and the line for the Ferris wheel, as miserable as it was, almost reached the carpark. When we were fifteen my father had insisted that Judah and I get a job there to teach us the value of money, but when we wasted it all to buy cheap alcohol from the bar in town that closed its eyes to underage drinkers, he made us quit before the season finished.

Cara stood by my side, wrapped in a thick, but worn jacket, and we watched as Judah leaned against the bonnet of the Fairlane, staring at the flames of the bonfire on the beach.

"I'm surprised he let me drive," I said and took another swig of the coke in my hand. Tonight, I was staying well away from beer. Sober driver extraordinaire.

"Me too." Cara looped her hand through the crook of my arm, but I pulled away, aware of Judah's gaze. "We've got to tell him at some stage," she said.

"Not tonight."

"Well, when?" she asked impatiently.

"I don't know, okay?" I took another step away from her and finished the last of my drink. "It would devastate him."

Cara smiled and batted her eyelashes furiously. "I think you're giving my powers of attraction far too much credit, Ruben Mitchell."

Sienna Deacon walked past with a friend I hadn't seen before. The girl was mousey-looking and paled in comparison to Sienna, who, although she was wearing a ridiculously tight angel costume and high heels that sunk into the stones when everyone else was bundled in jackets, looked amazing. Sienna and I had one of those relationships that was constant turmoil. She was someone I didn't like to be around but she held an attraction that seemed impossible to resist, although I was pretty sure to her I was nothing other than a device to use for her own purposes. She stopped in front of me, looking up and down haughtily. "Hey Ruben," she said and bit the side of her lip.

"Hey," I greeted her, trying to act uninterested. We broke up months ago—if you could call it that, since we never really dated—and avoid each other like the plague at school, though I often found her staring at me, which I guess meant I was staring at her. Her eyes slid over Cara, who tucked her hand into the crook of my arm again and smiled coldly.

"Hi, Sienna."

"Cara." Sienna nodded once. "How's your mother?"

Everyone knew Cara's mother was sick, but no one knew what from.

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