Raze (Riven Series) by Roan Parrish

Author:Roan Parrish [Parrish, Roan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2019-07-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Felix

Sofia was leaving for tour tomorrow. I’d been ticking off the days in my mental calendar, but it had snuck up on me regardless and struck like a snake. All day, I’d pushed aside the reality that she’d be gone. That we’d be in different states for the very first time. That she was about to embark on a life I had nothing to do with.

We’d planned a sibling send-off night, with snacks and movies we’d liked since we were kids. I was looking forward to having the whole night with her for what seemed like the first time in forever, to relax and shoot the shit without knowing we only had an hour before she would have to leave again.

I made taco pizza, Sofia’s favorite, and got the computer set up on the coffee table so we could have movies on in the background.

As I was getting out of the shower, I heard the door open and her call, “Fuck yes, taco pizza!”

I grinned, paused my audiobook, and tugged on my pajamas.

In the kitchen, Sofia had her fingers in the pizza and a huge empty duffel bag on her shoulder. My happiness melted away at the reminder that she was leaving.

“Sooo good, bro,” she said.

I smiled. “Good. Um. Pretty big bag. You ever coming back?”

She dropped it on the stool by the window.

“Coco lent it to me. I don’t have anything big enough for tour. So many fucking outfits, I swear.”

I had already promised myself that no matter how devastated I was that she was leaving, I wasn’t going to sour our last night together, or ruin her excitement. I pinched the inside of my wrist.

“You’re gonna look like a real rock star, huh?”

For a moment, Sofia grinned. When her smile faltered, though, she looked uncertain, like the girl who had come upstairs with a folded envelope from Fordham and handed it to me, too nervous to open it.

“I guess you’re gonna be a real rock star,” I amended.

“Fuck. Guess I am. I need taco pizza, stat.”

We loaded up our plates, and then Sof just brought the whole tray of pizza out too.

For a minute, she stared at her pizza, then softly she said, “People are gonna hate me. I’m not used to it.”

“Sure you are. Ramona hated you for a good two years when she was in seventh and eighth grade. And I definitely hated you for at least a month your senior year.”

She smiled a little.

“They already hate me. The second Riven announced, thousands of people hated me.”

I’d seen the internet response to Sof as the lead singer. It was exactly as sexist and misogynist as you’d imagine. I hadn’t told Sof I looked, though, hoping maybe she’d be too busy to see it.

“They hate the idea of you.”

She snorted. “Is that better?”

“Yeah! Because it means that once they see how amazing you are they’ll love you. People just hate new things, and they like to be louder about hate than love on the internet.

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