Hidden Lies (Lost Lake Academy Book 1) by Lydia Reeves

Author:Lydia Reeves [Reeves, Lydia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781736283806
Publisher: Glasswing Press LLC
Published: 2021-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

24

“You’ve been spending an awful lot of time with those guys,” Nora commented idly a couple of weeks later. Her tone left no question as to which ‘guys’ she was referring to.

We were sitting on opposite ends of the couch, homework spread out in front of us on the coffee table.

“Um…yeah,” I said, hoping my non-answer would dissuade her from further questioning. But I should have known better. Nora was never one to be dissuaded from anything.

“Are you dating one of them?” she asked, and the intensity in her wide-set dark eyes reminded me uncomfortably of Garrett.

What’s more, I had no idea how to answer her question. I didn’t think so. I mean, Micah hadn’t made another move toward me since the kiss after the water rescue, though we also hadn’t talked about it. I had no idea where I stood with him.

I wouldn’t lie to myself and pretend I didn’t think about kissing him, but I couldn’t deny I’d also wondered what it might be like to kiss Devan as well. And I was beginning to get the impression he wouldn’t be at all upset if I did. Not to mention every time Garrett managed to relax his tight leash of control long enough to let his actual personality shine through—which wasn’t often, but just enough to keep me curious—I couldn’t deny a strong attraction to him as well.

What a mess. I had no idea what to do with all those feelings, but I didn’t want to lose the friendships I’d managed to form, and I certainly didn’t want to hurt any of their feelings, so I kept it all locked down tight.

Nora’s question hung in the air though, so I gave the only answer I could. “Of course not,” I told her. “Micah is in my art class, so we work on homework together, and Garrett and Devan are in my group for that English lit project.” To be fair, we hadn’t once worked on said English lit project during any of the time we’d spent together recently, but she didn’t need to know that.

“Hm. Okay,” she said. “I don’t mean to nag.” Her smile was apologetic. “I just worry. You’re so...nice, and they’re…”

“Not nice?” I supplied, tipping my head to the side.

“No, it’s not that. It’s only…well, in four years I’ve never seen any of them say more than five words to another student, and suddenly you’re actually…hanging out with them.” She leaned closer. “Honestly, I’ve never even seen them participate in a group project before. I always assumed they had some kind of in with the teachers or something.”

I shrugged, shifting a little to hide my discomfort. “They seem pretty normal to me. I mean, as much as anyone here is normal.”

She laughed at that. “So, what does normal mean to you, then? I’ve never been to a ‘normal’ school. What did kids do on weekends at your last school?”

“I dunno,” I said, suppressing a snicker. I couldn’t imagine what kind of an upbringing she’d had. “We hung out, went to movies, parties at other kids’ houses…you know, the usual stuff.

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