Over & Out by Melissa J. Morgan

Author:Melissa J. Morgan [Morgan, Melissa J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Issues, Sports Medicine, Athletes, Medical, Sports & Recreation, Fiction, Games, Practical jokes, Sports injuries, Camps, Friendship, Juvenile Fiction, Adolescence
ISBN: 9781599615066
Publisher: Spotlight
Published: 2009-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

“Jenna, wait up!” a voice called behind her.

But Jenna didn’t want to wait. She willed her crutches to move faster, until her legs were swinging so high with each step that she slid on some loose gravel, nearly toppling backward.

“Whoa,” Adam said, grabbing Jenna’s shoulders to steady her. “I’ve never seen anyone on crutches move that fast before.”

“I’m hungry.” Jenna shrugged, not wanting to get into the real reason why she had left the soccer field in such a hurry.

“Well, hold up a minute. I was hoping to catch you at the sports field, but Alex said you’d already left. I wanted to talk to you—”

Jenna cut him off. “Before you say anything else . . . it wasn’t me.”

“What wasn’t?” Adam asked.

“Whatever it is you’re coming to blame me for,” Jenna said.

“I’m not coming to blame you for anything new,” Adam said. “But I am still mad at you for the clothing switch last night.” He gave her a half-playful, half-serious slug on the arm. “What was up with that?”

Jenna put her head in her hands. “How many times do I have to say it?” she cried. “I didn’t do it!”

Adam held up his hands. “Okay, okay. That look in your eyes is almost enough to scare me.” He snorted. “Almost.”

“Adam, before you force me to hurt you,” Jenna glared at him, “which I will do . . . what do you want?”

Adam suddenly went quiet and dug his shoe into the dirt. “I was just wondering if . . . if you gave that photo to Alex yet,” he mumbled, staring at the ground.

Jenna stalled. Now what was she supposed to say? She couldn’t tell him that she was in the middle of a big fight with Alex without unleashing enough questions for the Spanish Inquisition. And there was no way she was going to give Adam’s photo to Alex now, not with the way she’d been acting. After all these years of friendship, Alex didn’t even know her well enough to believe she was innocent of the pranking, so why should Jenna go out of her way to do something nice for her? No way. She was tired of the two of them asking for her help and even more tired of them liking each other. The sooner Adam lost interest in Alex, the better. So instead of telling Adam that she hadn’t given the picture to Alex yet, Jenna did the only other thing she could think of. She lied.

“Sure, I gave it to her yesterday,” she said. “No biggie.”

“But . . . did she say anything?” Adam asked. “Did she like it?”

She shrugged. “I have no idea. She didn’t open the envelope in front of me.”

“Did you tell her it was from me?” Adam asked.

Jenna nodded, feeling guiltier by the second. “Sure, and she said she’d look at it later when she had time.”

“Oh,” Adam said, his face falling in the tiniest way that only Jenna could pick up on. “Okay.” Then he smiled, and Jenna could see him forcing it to stay on his face.

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