Friend Zone by Camilla Isley

Author:Camilla Isley [Isley, Camilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult, new adult college romance, Romance
Publisher: Camilla Isley
Published: 2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty-four

Alice

The weekend before the start of Spring Term, Alice received a text from Georgiana. Her mentor was back from Paris and she wanted to meet up.

Alice popped her head inside Madison’s room. “Hey. You busy?”

Her roommate was lying on her made-up bed, enthralled by some nineteenth-century literary tome.

Madison raised her bespectacled face. “Huh?” Her expression was one of not-so-veiled annoyance that she usually gave when someone interrupted her reading.

“Georgiana is back from Paris,” Alice said. “I’m meeting her for coffee.”

Madison lowered the book to her knees. “So she didn’t stay in Paris? Pity.”

“Eh…” Alice could not understand how two people—cousins—she liked so much could despise each other. At least, she knew Madison didn’t like Georgiana—she wasn’t sure if it went the other way around, too. “I take it you wouldn’t want to join us?”

“I’d rather stick a fork in each of my eyes.”

“How would you read, then?”

“Audiobooks.”

Alice walked into the room and sat on the only chair available next to Madison’s desk. “I honestly can’t understand why you don’t get along with her.”

Madison snorted. “And I honestly don’t understand how you can be so blind to the fact that my dear cousin is a stone-cold bitch!”

“She’s always been kind to me.”

“You must be part of an elite group of chosen ones.” Madison drummed her fingers on the hard cover of her book. “As for the rest of us, we only get to see her Queen Bee side. Everything has to be about her and never anyone else.”

“But did she ever do something bad to you?” Alice asked.

“You mean like stealing my boyfriend?”

Now, that explained a lot of things. “She did that? I didn’t know.”

“Well, it’s not like she’s going to tell you or even admit it. If you asked her, she’d tell you he wasn’t really my boyfriend. That the relationship was all in my head since I had a childish infatuation. And, anyway, she couldn’t help it if he loved her and not me.”

Alice did not recall Madison ever being with someone in a long-term relationship. “When was this?”

“High school. I was a freshman, and she couldn’t stand me dating a senior. She didn’t even like him; she did it just to spite me.” Madison’s features contracted in anger. “She made freshman year a nightmare for me; the day she graduated was the best day of my life.”

“Sounds like a long time ago,” Alice said. “Couldn’t you give your cousin a second chance?”

Madison huffed. “Listen, Alice. I know she’s your friend and I’m glad she’s nice to you. But we’re like oil and water; we don’t mix. I already have to spend spring break trapped on a tiny island with her; I want to avoid any unnecessary suffering.”

“Okay, okay. I get the message.” Alice lifted her hands in surrender. “Where are you going for spring break?”

“Martha’s Vineyard. It’s my other cousin’s—Vicky, the nice one—wedding, and she made it a one-week event in the middle of March on an island you shouldn’t touch until late May or June. But never mind, she’s the one cousin I love.

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