Not Like Her by H K Christie

Author:H K Christie [Christie, H K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Keekstar Media
Published: 2019-11-14T22:00:00+00:00

12

“Who can tell me the trigonometric function of theta equals pi over three?” The teacher paused. “Selena, how about you?”

Shit. “Sorry, what?”

Giggles and whispers from her classmates made it obvious she hadn’t been paying attention. Apparently, it was funny to them that she was distracted by her mother’s death and her angry boyfriend. The teacher looked at Alida sitting to Selena’s right. “Alida, maybe you can help Selena? Can you tell us the trigonometric function of theta equals pi over three?”

Selena looked over at Alida with a pleading look. Alida said, “Sure …”

That was something Selena had been pondering for days: Could Alida help her?

The day after her mother’s death, Alida had said that she would ask her parents if Selena could stay with her family. Of course, Selena had adamantly refused, saying she had her wonderful boyfriend to live with. Alida hadn’t brought it up again.

Selena assumed that Alida was too optimistic and that her parents weren’t willing to take in some orphaned teen for the rest of the school year. Alida’s parents had always been polite and friendly when she visited their home. But deep down they probably thought Selena wasn’t good enough to hang out with their only daughter.

She was trying to wrap her mind around the fact that Zeek wasn’t Mr. Perfect after all. Mr. Not-Perfect was more appropriate. Alida had questioned how great he was from the very beginning, from that very first encounter at the coffee shop. How had Alida seen it, but Selena hadn’t? Had she been wrong about Zeek? She was wrong, wasn’t she? He was a bad guy, an abuser. If that was true, then why did she still want to be with him?

Since the incident in the police station parking lot the day before, he’d been attentive, sweet, and thoughtful. He’d even bought her flowers. Maybe she was overreacting? She still loved him even if he had a temper. His smile. His kiss. His arms around her. They were the best things she’d ever experienced in her whole life. She’d never felt more loved or wanted. After all, it was his jealousy that drove him to such anger.

Zeek was probably just stressed about finals. Selena hoped things would be better after the semester was over. It would be their first Christmas together and he’d told her he wanted her to come to his family’s Christmas celebration so that she could meet them all. She was excited to meet his parents and brother and sister. From the sounds of things, he had a very normal family with a nice house in a nice neighborhood with Christmas trees and Christmas presents and relatives who ate a turkey feast together.

Relieved at the sound of the school bell, Alida and Selena walked side-by-side out of the classroom and toward the cafeteria. “Are you okay?” Alida asked.

“Yeah, it’s just been it’s been a long week, you know, with everything going on.”

“I’m sorry. If there’s anything you need or if you ever want to talk, you know I’m always here.

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