Icarus by K. Ancrum
Author:K. Ancrum
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2023-12-18T00:00:00+00:00
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Class with Aspen had been uneventful of late, but Icarus couldnât help thinking about Lucaâs and Celestinaâs words in the forest when they saw him last week.
âPeople only noticed because youâre so extroverted. If you were more of a loner, it would be too late.â
It had been said with the kind of effortless cruelty that only someone popular would use while trying to make someone feel better. The intention was kind, but it was burning a hole in the back of his brain.
Next to him, Aspen was drawing circles in her notebook.
âHey.â
She looked up. âAre you doing okay?â Icarus asked. He was worse at this than Luca and he knew it.
Aspen scrunched her nose up. âYou mean generally speaking, or like right now this second?â
Icarus looked around, but no one was paying attention to them. It was group work time, so their teacher Mr. Shadid was reading a book at his desk, and it was loud enough for them to talk without people overhearing.
âGenerally speaking,â Icarus said. âLike, is your life going okay? It dawned on me that Iâve never asked.â
Aspenâs face went through a series of emotions. Confusion, amusement, resignation. And then it went blank.
âNot really? But whose life is going okay,â she said, deadpan as ever. âBesides, most of us canât do enough to tangibly make each otherâs lives better, so, like . . . calm down.â
Icarus huffed. âI just figured Iâd ask.â
Aspen stuck her eraser on the paper on an angle and flicked it so it spun around quickly.
âI was getting Ds in math, but now Iâm getting Bs because you sit here. Weâre good, dude.â The eraser stopped. âSpeaking of, you do know that Celestina and Luca are a thing, right? You and her seemed close.â
Icarus grinned. âWeâre friends.â
Aspen nodded. Then she went back to drawing circles.
Clearly sheâd decided the conversation had run its course.
âIf you need anything, though, let me know,â Icarus insisted.
âSure.â Aspen didnât look back up.
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