Letting Go by Bridie Hall

Author:Bridie Hall [Hall, Bridie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Teen
Published: 2014-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chloe was here, she said you’ll be a day late. So sorry I can’t wait for you, but there’s this comet we’re researching and I was needed at the lab. I hope you enjoyed Paris. Be good. I’ll be back later tonight. Love, Dad.

p.s. I bought a new phone. Call me if you need anything.

Good old Dad, Isabelle thought. For a change, she was grateful to have the house to herself. She would hate to explain her haunted look and the tear-streaked face to him. But there was someone she wanted—no, needed to talk to.

Chloe didn’t hesitate when she heard that Isabelle needed a sympathetic ear. She came over in fifteen minutes. It was obvious that she understood the emergency of the situation; she didn’t waste time changing from her yoga pants and t-shirt.

“What happened?” she asked as she burst through the front door.

Instead of explaining, Isabelle hugged her. They stood embraced for long minutes. When Isabelle pulled away and Chloe saw her teary eyes, she said, “Come on, Isabelle, you don’t cry.”

“I know. But I can’t help myself.”

Chloe ordered her to sit on the couch while she prepared some tea. Isabelle wasn’t surprised to see that Chloe had brought several tea bags with her. She knew they only had coffee at Isabelle’s house. It was more than a thoughtful gesture; it was what only best friends did.

Isabelle was exhausted, physically and emotionally. Her mind was telling her this wasn’t the end of the world, but it sure felt like it. She’d hurt two people she cared deeply about. Her emotions were all jumbled. Was what happened with Harper even real? Did they kiss because they had spent too much time in close quarters? Did she stop loving Jamie? Was she just confused? There were no answers to the endless, painful questions.

Chloe handed her a warm mug, softly blowing on her own tea before taking a sip. She observed Isabelle over the rim of her mug for a few moments, before she said, “Tell me.”

Isabelle inhaled shakily and then told her everything the way it happened, trying not to change things in retrospect. It took the good part of fifteen minutes when Chloe listened, nodded, listened some more. Isabelle talked herself hoarse, more with the overwhelming emotions than with words.

“So?” Chloe said, surprisingly refraining from making any comments even on the part where Isabelle told her about the make-out session.

“So what?”

“How do you feel about him?”

“Who?”

“The guy you just told me you kissed and liked it?” Chloe said with a grin.

Isabelle spread her hands. “I ...” After a long moment when she wasn’t able to find the words, she gave up. “I don’t know how I feel about anything anymore.”

“You’ll tell Jamie?”

“Of course.”

“Of course.” Chloe nodded, deeply in thoughts.

“Don’t you think I should?” Isabelle asked.

“I think you should do what you feel you should.”

Isabelle wasn’t satisfied with her answer. “Wouldn’t you tell him if you were in my position?”

Chloe sipped her tea, thinking. “It’s not that, Isabelle. You say you

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