On Thin Ice by PJ Sharon

Author:PJ Sharon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult, figure skating, anorexia/bulimea, Teen romance, death and dying
Publisher: PJ Sharon
Published: 2018-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

At school the next day, I was bombarded with hugs from friends I’d been in classes with since grade school. I missed Katie already, her parents having decided a private school would be better for her. Sami met me after homeroom and we compared schedules, finding that we had third period study hall and sixth period English together.

I was happy not to have PE this semester, even though I usually loved gym class. I figured with being pregnant, and what I would have to go through with an abortion, I might not feel up to running up and down the gymnasium for a while. I couldn’t even think of how this would affect the skating show which was coming up fast with practices scheduled three afternoons a week. The only thing I knew for sure was that I had no choice. With mom hanging on by a thread and Carter out of the picture, there was no way I could have a baby, no matter how I felt about it.

I’d told Sami the news about my decision and made her promise not to tell Katie. I hated keeping her out of the loop, but I couldn’t take those soulful blue eyes looking at me like I was a monster. Facing myself in the mirror was hard enough. I wanted to be angry with Carter, but this was clearly all my fault. I was the one who got involved in a relationship I was totally unprepared for, and I had ignored the responsibility I had taken on when I told Carter I would take the day after pill and then didn’t follow through. Whatever happened next, it was all on me.

I sat through US Government and an hour later walked out of Latin III class headed for the main office. I had been summoned. My heart pounded as I sat outside my guidance counselor’s office. What now, for God’s sake? I chewed my cuticle, bouncing my knee like a jonesing crack addict.

“Penny, come on in.” Mr. Barstow had been my guidance counselor for the last three years. He’d seen me through most of my mother’s cancer. I dragged myself into his office and dropped into the plush Bark lounger in the corner, folding one foot underneath me.

“How was your summer?” He sat on the edge of his desk, his long legs stretched out, one loafered foot crossed over the other.

The word fine rose habitually from that place in my head that lied without thinking, but I’d started catching myself. What could I say that wouldn’t be a lie? I ran my hand through my hair, brushing my bangs back out of my eyes. “Um...eventful about sums it up.”

“I heard you missed a few days of school. Is everything okay at home?” Mr. Barstow knew me well. He studied me for a moment, and then loosened his tie and folded his arms across his chest, waiting for my answer.

I let out a slow breath, wondering how much to tell him. I

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