High School Romance (Collection) by Penny Wylder

Author:Penny Wylder [Wylder, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

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Amber

Past

I watch the trees flying by outside the car, the fingers of my left hand pressed against the skin of my left wrist. My heartbeat is there. Steady, constant, alive. I push against the sudden wave of anger that's in my chest. The only thing that's good about it is that it speeds up my heart rate, but otherwise, this anger is exhausting. I feel like I've been angry for as long as I can remember, and it's just not fair.

I'm not angry at being alive. Of course I'm not. But everything about this sucks. It fucking sucks. The last year of surgery and recovery feels like a waste of time. Not just a waste, but stolen time. I had so many plans, I was so close to realizing those plans and enjoying my success, and instead, it’s been drug cocktails and car rides to and from doctors’ offices. And every step of this reminds me of Peter. Peter who stabbed me in the back and saved my life. And even though he saved my life, I still hate him. Because I have nothing now. I'm going to all these interviews without a portfolio. No show. No proof of my talent except the plans I had.

Anyone can plan something. It only matters if you follow through.

"You okay, honey?" my mom asks.

I don't take my eyes off the road. "I'm fine."

She sighs, but I pretend not to notice. I guess I've been saying that a lot lately. We both know I'm not. And even though it's their fault that I have to stay on the east coast I'm not mad at them. They're just trying to take care of me and keep me alive. So it makes sense that they want me to be within driving distance of home.

It's not lost on me that I'm lucky enough to be within driving distance of New York City, but my heart is in Los Angeles. That's where people in film go for their start, and I'm not there. I'm here. In a car. With my mom. On my way to the city for an interview at NYU.

This is so stupid. Any other person going to interview at NYU would be fucking ecstatic. This is a dream for so many people, but I'm pissed because I'm interviewing in the wrong city.

We crest a hill, and I can see the city skyline. That’s something that New York has going for it, the skyline will always be more beautiful than Los Angeles’s. Too bad skylines don’t mean shit when it comes to film school. I wonder what Peter would say to that.

I shut down that thought as soon as it appears. Peter isn’t here. He’s not going to be here, even though we talked about going to the same city, working it out. We both destroyed that option. Dammit Peter. Why did you have to do this? If you had just waited a single day, we could have figured this out together. He could

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