Secret Girlfriend (RVHS Secrets) by Quinlan Bria

Author:Quinlan, Bria [Quinlan, Bria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RogueGiraffe Books
Published: 2013-10-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The next morning, before the sun filled my room with its own brand of cheerfulness, Dad’s car drove away leaving the cottage as deserted as usual. I didn’t know what to do, how to keep those promises I made my mom six years ago. But, since she’d left us, Dad had become all work all the time.

Twenty minutes later, the rumble of an engine returned and I thought maybe he’d reconsidered spending my last weekend before school started with me. I formulated father-daughter plans for us, hoping he’d recognize me when he saw me, until the doorbell rang.

My heart slowed to a dull thump-thump, just like it did every time I let myself think my dad was reaching out… and then didn’t.

Crawling out of bed, I straightened my PJ tank top straps and made my way downstairs. I pulled my hair back in a sloppy bun as I went and hoped whatever misguided sales guy awaited me would be easily deterred by my less-than-attractive a.m. appearance.

Every one of my senses jolted at finding Luke standing there, iced tea in hand. I did what any reasonable seventeen-year-old girl would do. I slammed the door in his face.

I propped my back against it. A little voice that sounded suspiciously like Rachel’s sprinted through my head, pounding on every brain-to-heart connector I had. The voice shouted the world’s lamest pep talk. Chris is a user. Luke is perfect. Go with the good guy.

To which I responded to my imaginary pep-coach: Be rational. Chris is just confused like every other teen male in existence and Luke is not perfect. He’s stubborn and pushy and just a tad bit judgmental.

And yeah, perfect.

Whoa. Okay, maybe Rational Me wasn’t so rational either.

Who knew boys could turn your brain off and cause sleepless nights without even trying?

A knock sounded through the heavy wood and I doubted he was going to go away.

See? Stubborn.

“Hi,” I said, pulling my hair out of its bun and trying to look cute as he eyed my Hello Kitty pajama bottoms.

“Can I come in?” He held out one of the teas and waited, hand braced against the edge of the open door.

“Actually, I was just going to go for a run and then you know… lots to do. Busy, busy.”

His eyebrows disappeared under the flop of dark hair before he tried a different tactic. “Okay. Can we talk for a second?”

“Sure.” I leaned against the frame. “Go ahead.”

He scowled down at his tea and then drew in a deep breath.

“It isn’t what you think with Katie. She drove six hours to get here and I really don’t get why she did it and I tried to be honest with her and you were taking off with Chris and I couldn’t think straight because I was worried about what crap he was pulling on you and—I mean really—what type of girl drives six hours to see a guy who broke up with her?”

He sucked in a deep breath. I felt my shoulders drop as I shook my head.

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