Keeping Her Secret by Sarah Nicolas

Author:Sarah Nicolas [Nicolas, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633756892
Google: lvPDDAAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1682812707
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2016-08-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Razors sliced through Courtney’s brain when she attempted to open her eyes. She felt around blindly for her alarm, turning it off. An entire construction crew pounded away inside her brain, twin jackhammers hammering her temples. Her stomach churned, but the last thing she wanted to do was get out of bed. She dozed off again, to be woken an hour later by the sounds of girls moving around the cabin. Moaning, Courtney tossed an arm across her eyes.

Noise in the cabin rose, then died off, leaving Courtney in blissful silence.

“How you feeling?” She knew that voice. Riya.

Courtney peeled the corner of one eye open. Riya stood next to their bunk in a white T-shirt and another pair of those wonderfully tiny shorts. In one hand, she clutched a water bottle and an oversized pair of sunglasses. A bottle of ibuprofen rattled and a bottle of the pink stuff sloshed in the other hand. The pills clacking together resounded like gunshots ricocheting in her head.

“Do you have to shake that so hard?” Courtney asked.

Riya barely restrained a grin. It stretched the corners of her mouth, forming dimples in her cheeks. As rough as she felt, there was no other sight she’d rather wake up to than that.

Riya dropped the three bottles on the bed next to Courtney before slipping the sunglasses carefully over Courtney’s eyes. Without another word, she poured out a shot of Pepto and passed it to Courtney. Still lying down, Courtney tossed it back, grimacing at the chalky liquid colliding with the sticky craptastic taste in her mouth. Sitting up, she held out her hand so Riya could pour two ibuprofens from the bottle into her palm. Courtney flung the white pills to the back of her throat, taking the opened water bottle Riya offered her and swallowing.

“You’re too good to me,” Courtney muttered. After last night—hell, after the last four years—she believed she didn’t deserve it.

“I know.” Riya tossed the bottles up on the top bunk. “I bought you some extra time with Becky, but she’s expecting you to be at the first activity.”

Courtney slid her legs to the side of the bed, placing her bare feet flat on the cool wooden floor. Riya handed her a small piece of plastic. Courtney took it before realizing it was those dissolving strips for freshening breath. She slipped one onto her tongue, then offered Riya a guilty smile.

Riya shrugged.

“How did you get so good at treating hangovers?”

“I dated this guy…” Riya trailed off with a small wave of her hand. “That was a mistake I corrected far too late.”

One side of her stomach twisted painfully. Of course Riya’d dated a guy before. Guys, even. Girls, too. She knew that. So why did picturing Riya playing doctor to some loser make her feel like she needed to throw up all over again?

“I want to go to breakfast.” Courtney stood up, gripping the top bunk for balance when her head spun. If she didn’t make it to the cafeteria, people would notice, and they would definitely talk.

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