Luz, Rebound by Jeania Kimbrough

Author:Jeania Kimbrough
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, Young Adult, exchange student, boarding school, New Mexico, coming home, love triangle, high school
Publisher: Smoke Signal Press
Published: 2015-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Unfair

Later Kelli and Nic told me that Nic heard from Lauren, who heard it from Deana, that Christie and Ryan had a big fight and broke up. I admitted that I might have witnessed part of it. There was another note waiting for me under the door when we came back from dinner, which asked me to meet him at the dunes again.

Nic was upset with the situation. “He’s not cool meeting you behind her back like this. And it would be so mean if he’s breaking up with her right before Spring Fling. Who’s going to be her date now?” She tidied up her space, setting things down hard and making discordant sounds.

“He needs someone to talk to.” I grabbed my toiletry bag to freshen up in front of the mirror. Kelli was in the bathroom. “I wanna talk to him.”

“You know it’s more than that, Kara.” Nic said, and the toilet flushed. They had asked me earlier if I kissed him last night and I told them yes. “If you dump Peter now it is going to be ugly too, you know.” I hadn’t told them any other important details.

I traced the end of my upper lids with some liner. The sun from this afternoon had washed me out a little. “Peter and I are just friends. I made that clear from the beginning. Dang it!” I wiped my finger over the spot I just swerved on, trying to correct the mistake. “Do you still have my lip gloss?”

“Seriously, what are you thinking? That you’re going to go with Ryan now?” Nic’s voice rang incredulously. “That everyone is going to be okay with this?” She foraged in her purse and found the gloss. Kelli came out of the bathroom. “He gave her a ring,” Nic said, pressing the gloss into my hand in an exaggerated movement. “It should mean something to him. And it should set off an alarm in your head.”

“Well, it did at the time. Thank God he’s come to his senses.” I tried to laugh, but neither one joined me. I told them about my exchange in the elevator with Christie this afternoon. Then I took a deep breath. “Maybe she pressured him to give her the ring. Ryan’s a good guy. He wanted to please her, but I think he’s realized he’s not in love with her.” I didn’t want to argue with Nic, but I could hear defensiveness creep into my voice.

Kelli kept silent. She went over and moved her own stuff around without saying anything to either of us.

“It’s sick, and you look really bad for this.” Nic’s voice was getting a little louder, a little more accusatory.

“What? Why me? What am I doing that’s so awful? It takes two people to be in a relationship. The connection has always been there for us. Why are you so upset with me?”

“What about Ben?”

I blinked back at her defiant eyes for an instant and then drew my own away, swallowing a lump. I hadn’t expected her to bring up Ben.

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