Infinite Risk by Ann Aguirre

Author:Ann Aguirre
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250086839
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

LIKE COMING HOME

The next week was blessedly uneventful, though I remained on high alert.

On Thursday afternoon, Kian messaged me during class, an absolute first. The teacher was droning on, so I surreptitiously checked my texts. You have to do me a favor.

Nine didn’t care if she got in trouble, so I sent back, What?

Tanya asked if I wanna hang out tomorrow but there’s no way. I’ll choke. Will U bring Colin and double as my wingman?

Wow. That was something I never thought I’d hear from the first boy I ever loved. But the pain only twinged, no searing anguish; I must be getting used to my role in his life. Yet I couldn’t assume the Harbinger would go along with this. I didn’t even have a way to get in touch with him, and how could I request such an absurd favor when I already owed him?

I’ll ask, I sent back. He might already have plans. It’s short notice.

Kian replied with a sad face and added, Yeah, she just mentioned it today. Sorry.

No worries.

Once the initial shock disbursed, I realized what this meant. Things have already changed. They can’t happen as they did before. Last time, Kian asked Tanya out, and she rejected him with such cruelty that it resulted in extremis. In this timeline, I boosted Kian’s confidence, then broke up Jake and Tanya unintentionally, so events were already off script. I just have to keep nudging. Belatedly, I remembered what Kian told me:

In my optimum future, I end up with Tanya. She pushes me through law school, and I eventually go into politics.

A sick feeling swirled low in my stomach. Is that what I have to do to make things right? When I jumped, I never imagined that I’d have to play matchmaker. I’d thought stopping his suicide would be enough. Okay, slow down. This probably isn’t a date. Tanya just broke up with Jake, so when she said “hang out” she meant exactly that. Just then, the teacher moved away from the front, roving the aisles to check our work, so I hastily slid my phone into my hoodie pocket and whizzed through the math problems on the assigned page. By the time she got to me, I had nine out of ten finished.

She paused, scrutinizing my work, and then she gave me a startled once-over. “You have a real knack, Chelsea. Why aren’t you in one of the accelerated classes?”

“They were full,” I mumbled.

“Do you want me to get you on the waiting list? I can already tell that the work in here isn’t challenging enough for you.”

“It’s fine. I’m what you’d call an underachiever.”

The guy next to me snickered while her brows came together in a disapproving frown. “Only hard work can secure you a bright future.”

“It’ll take more than that,” I mumbled.

“Let me make you an appointment with the school counselor. Between your attitude and the number of absences already accrued…” She lowered her voice to advise me she’d noticed my emotional struggles and wanted to be there for me.

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