Scandals, Rumors, Lies by Jessica Burkhart

Author:Jessica Burkhart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2010-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

IT’S ALL UP TO HIM

ALL DAY THURSDAY, JULIA WALKED AROUND with a look on her face—a smugness. A look of assured victory. In the hallway before math, I saw Heather and hurried toward her.

“What’s going on with Julia?” I asked. “I’ve seen her a few times today and she looks as if she already knows. Like Mr. Nicholson told her she made the YENT.”

Heather shifted her armload of books, sighing. “It’s all she would talk about last night. Alison fell asleep early because she was exhausted from the day, but Julia was sooo hyper. She did well at tryouts, we know that. But she didn’t make the team for sure.”

“But you can’t tell her that,” I said. “It’ll hurt her feelings.”

A look passed over Heather’s face. “I didn’t say anything last night and it’s almost time for announcements anyway. But she’s going to lose it if she doesn’t make it. She’s always been confident about her riding, but I don’t know why she’s being so cocky about this.”

The bell rang and we stared at each other before Heather shrugged.

“We just have to wait and see,” she said. “There’s nothing we can do about Julia. It’s all up to Mr. Nicholson now.”

“See you at the stable,” I said.

We split up and headed for our classes. I sat down in Ms. Utz’s math class and opened my notebook.

I wrote my name and date on a clean sheet of paper, then started doodling in the margins.

“See her charm bracelet? I heard that Sasha’s ex-boyfriend from Union got it for her.”

I kept my eyes on my paper, pretending to draw but listening to the whispering behind me.

“She’s had, like, six boyfriends and they all gave her charms,” the girl continued. “But she took them off when she broke up with them.”

“The horse charm is so cute,” another girl whispered. “And I don’t even like horses.”

“I told my parents I wanted a bracelet just like that for my birthday,” the first girl said.

“My dad said I could get one if my grades were good at the end of the semester,” said the other girl.

I sat there, stunned. I’d never heard anything like this about me! No one had ever wanted anything I owned. Everyone in our grade always looked to Heather, Julia, and Alison for fashion, jewelry, and style direction. Definitely not me.

“Hey,” Brit said, sliding into the seat next to me.

“Omigod, get out your phone!” I whispered. There was no way I wanted the girls behind us to hear me talking about them.

Brit pulled out her BlackBerry and I opened BlackBerry Messenger.

Sasha Silver:

U won’t believe this

Brit Chan:

What? What? Tell me!! O_O

Sasha Silver:

2 girls behind us were talking about me. Well, my bracelet.

Brit Chan:

What abt it? Did they say something mean abt it? :/

Sasha Silver:

No—they actually asked their parents 4 one exactly like it! :S

Brit Chan:

Cool!!! It IS v pretty. U should be flattered, S.

Sasha Silver:

They were talking total rumors 2. Like, how I have charms for all of my ex-boyfriends that I broke up with.

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