Forever Snow (The Everly Girls Book 1) by V.B. Marlowe

Author:V.B. Marlowe [Marlowe, V.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Press
Published: 2018-02-13T06:00:00+00:00

9

On Monday morning, Hadley and Mia looped their arms around mine as we headed toward the school building. I’d grown tired of being stuck between them.

“Hey, Neva,” they said simultaneously.

“Hey,” I said, feeling awkward and suspicious at the same time. I didn’t trust these girls at all.

“You are totally eating lunch with us today,” Mia informed me. “We’ll save you a seat at our table.”

“Oh, but I—”

“Yeah, yeah,” Mia said. “We know you always eat with Aubrey. But Aubrey’s a loser with a terrible rep. And after the way she went off on you at Tate’s party . . . totes disrespectful. You’re eating with us.”

The girls let go of me, and I gratefully hurried to my locker. They were weirding me out, but this new behavior was better than them ragging on me all day.

In PE, no one harassed me in the locker room or tried to trip me while we ran laps. It was nice not having to look over my shoulder or worry about what would happen in the locker room. After Mrs. Davenport’s class, I looked around for Aubrey and caught a glimpse of her racing off in the opposite direction. She had drawn the line in the sand. I tried not to be hurt by reminding myself that all my friendships had a short shelf life anyway. Why not end it now? That didn’t help the sting.

Aubrey blowing me off was almost a relief, since I could sit with the other girls with no problem.

“Here, Neva,” Mia said, waving me over as I entered the cafeteria. “Move over,” she told two other blondes—Kailie Mitchell and Eva Santos—as I approached.

The girls grumbled and moved down.

I unzipped my backpack and removed my brown paper bag. I felt self-conscious about my lunch when I saw the table littered with soda cans and potato chip bags from the lunch line. No one else was eating from a brown bag. I pulled out an apple and bit into it. Nobody seemed to pay much attention to what I was eating, so I relaxed.

Hadley poured some salad dressing onto her chicken salad. “So, the fair opens this Friday, and we’re all going together.”

I had never been to the fair, but I’d seen the commercials on TV. Rides, food, and games—it looked like a good time. In Rock Canyon, the annual Canyon County Fair was a huge deal.

“You in?” Mia asked.

“Sure, why not?” I knew Father wouldn’t want me to go, but I’d figure something out. Tate’s party had given me a small taste of the normal life, and I wanted more.

Tate plopped down next to me. “I just dodged Noelle. She’s freaking out, saying we should have a final run through instead of eating lunch. I told her no way. I’m starving.” He opened a bag from a nearby taco place and shoved a burrito in my face. “Want some?”

I shook my head. It smelled horrible.

“Tate,” Mia said, “I was just telling Neva how we’re all going to the fair on Friday.

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