Saving Sloan by Kelly Martin

Author:Kelly Martin [Martin, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Published: 2014-04-13T04:00:00+00:00

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The morning went by at a snail’s pace. Apparently every teacher tried to make up for no school on Friday by cramming everything in today. Sloan tried to focus, she really did. She wrote down notes and listened. Okay, truth be told, she listened to about every other word, and her notes were all drawn roses. What was with all the roses? Couldn’t she draw another flower? Or a circle or a stick person?

By ten o’clock her head hurt so much she couldn’t take it any longer. She pulled out two pills and drowned them with some water. There. They’d kick in in a minute and she’d feel much better. Feeling better would be great.

Sure enough, a few minutes before it was time for lunch, her headache disappeared. Of course, her eyes got fuzzy again, and she felt sort of funny. She took it to mean she needed food and headed to the cafeteria.

After grabbing her tray she sat with Mackenzie for just a second. Mackenzie’s eyes got wide when she saw her friend. “You look horrible.”

“Thanks for being so blunt,” Sloan deadpanned.

“No, I’m serious. You look bad. Your eyes are all red, and you’ve got bags. Bags, Sloan. You’re just eighteen. Way too young for bags.”

Mackenzie’s concern for the bags under her eyes was overwhelming. “Not sleeping well.” Not a lie. She slept, too much probably, but not well.

Mackenzie leaned way over and pulled her thick red curls to the side to block the people next to us from hearing. Mousy was there, the same familiar girl who had been sitting a few seats away all week. Sloan noticed she leaned closer to them when they started to talk. Weird.

Sloan put her finger on her lip to let Mackenzie know she needed to talk quieter.

“I know. She’s acting strange,” Mackenzie whispered.

“Do you know who she is?” Sloan asked, forgetting for the first time about meeting Ray and Aaron outside.

Mackenzie’s jaw flinched. “Her name’s Sarah. Sarah Blaylock.”

Sloan gasped audibly and the girl, Sarah, looked quickly at them and then away. “Blaylock?” Sloan mouthed, her eyes wide.

Mackenzie nodded.

“As in Travis Blaylock? As in your ex who helped Boyd attack me?”

Mackenzie looked hurt. “He didn’t help him. He just didn’t tell the police what he knew.”

It was then that Sloan realized Mackenzie still had feelings for him. She hadn’t gotten over him, even though he’d moved five months ago to who knows where. As far as Sloan knew, no one knew where he’d gone. His family had just moved and now here was another Blaylock. It wasn’t the most common last name ever.

“Are they related?”

“Cousins.”

“No!” Sloan said louder than she meant. She’d make a terrible spy.

“Shhh.” Mackenzie smiled. “She is. Kara Long in first period told me. Don’t you think it’s strange?”

“Very,” Sloan said, trying not to stare. “Who are her parents?”

“Travis’ mom’s sister or something. I’m not sure.”

Mackenzie looked longingly at the girl. She was so missing Travis.

“Have you asked her where Travis is?”

The question made Mackenzie take notice, and she sat up quickly.

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