Magic of the Moonlight by Ellen Schreiber

Author:Ellen Schreiber [Schreiber, Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Paranormal, Juvenile Fiction, Love & Romance, Legends; Myths; Fables
ISBN: 9780062101952
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011-12-27T23:30:47+00:00

NINE

lycan lunch

The next morning, I waited on the main steps of the school, watching for Brandon to arrive in his Jeep.

When that didn’t happen, I lingered in the hallway to catch him at his locker. But when first bell rang and he still didn’t show, I had no choice but to go into class. Brandon’s seat remained empty. The clock above the chalkboard ticked as my mind raced. Had Dr. Maddox put Brandon on a plane to Europe? Had he taken him to a local hospital? Or was Brandon locked inside his guesthouse like he’d asked me to do once before?

“What’s wrong with you today?” Ivy asked when the bell rang for lunch later that day.

“Nothing.”

“I know you are worried about lunch,” she said. “But I guess you don’t have to feel compelled to sit with Brandon since he’s not here today.”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

“Are you worried about coming back to our table?”

“What? Oh . . . yeah, I can’t sit there with Heidi. It would be too weird.”

“We’ve had a talk with the guys,” Abby said authoritatively. “Heidi won’t be sitting at our table. And if she does, we won’t be sitting with her.”

“Really?” I asked.

“Yes,” Ivy concurred. “We told Jake and Dylan that if she does, then they can eat alone.”

“You did?”

“I told them no tramps allowed!” Ivy said proudly.

“I guess it worked,” Abby said as we entered the caf. “Look—the guys are all waiting for us and no sign of any cheerleaders.”

My friends really did have my back.

Ivy sat by Jake, and Abby by Dylan.

I paused for a moment when I came upon my empty seat.

“We can spray it for germs,” Ivy said.

Abby laughed, and I did as well. I was glad to be back to normal—or somewhat normal—and sat down in my seat.

Nash slid in next to me. He grinned a wide, toothpaste-commercial smile.

“I’m glad to have you back, Celeste,” he said. “You know why I did it. Just to show you what you’d be missing. Like you’ve been showing me what I’ve been missing by being with Brandon.”

“But that’s not why—” I said.

“I know,” he said resignedly. “But it hit home with me and I thought maybe it would with you, too. I’m trying to start over,” he said. “I thought you might like this.” He handed me a single rose.

Nash had never before displayed such a romantic gesture, public or private, and I wasn’t sure how to handle it. It wasn’t that I didn’t like Nash. I did. But as a couple we were more different than alike. However, I admired him as a friend and still cared for him. And now that he was bent on changing and becoming a more mature and serious suitor, I couldn’t help but feel awkward. I didn’t want to reject him in front of our friends, and I really didn’t want Brandon to walk in and see me holding a rose from another guy. Nash was charming and charismatic, but I couldn’t help but be in love with the one guy who wasn’t in the lunchroom today.

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