Secret Heart by Dreger Danielle

Author:Dreger,Danielle
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Contemporary
Publisher: DDB Press
Published: 2016-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

BY THE END of sixth period on Monday it is evident that I’ve been ghosted. My girlfriend (was she ever really even my girlfriend?) hasn’t sent me so much as a text. I should have cut school today just like Madison did. It wasn’t like I learned anything. Except that Madison and Miles are back together after he professed his love to her in front of a bonfire. And that Maura got so wasted at the party that she puked all over Steven. And that Miles was arrested for being drunk and belligerent when the cops showed up to break up the party. I would have been better off catching a matinee of Arbor Day and eating peanut butter fro-yo.

Scott and I are headed to my car when my phone finally vibrates. I pull it out of my pocket expecting it to be Madison saying something like I’m sorry. Or It’s not what you think. Or even I can explain.

Nope.

Instead it is a text from my wireless provider telling me that $55 has been deducted from the credit card on file to pay my bill. “This is such fuckery,” I say opening the car door and chucking it into the backseat.

“What’s going on?” Scott asks.

“I’m just tired of all of this high school bullshit.”

“Tell me about it.” He slides into the passenger seat. “At least you get to graduate soon.”

I don’t follow him. I scan the parking lot at all of my classmates laughing and joking with each other, completely oblivious to my anguish. I want to rewind the clock to last Saturday afternoon when Madison and I spent hours kissing on my couch while my mom was out. When she kept whispering “Besame mucho,” and it took all of my resolve to not rip off her pants.

“Earth to Avery,” Scott calls. I sit down next to him and close the car door but I don’t start the engine. “Why do you look like someone stabbed you in the heart and killed your dog?”

Because it feels like someone stabbed me in the heart. “You know I would never own a dog.” Across the lot, Trey and Jessica climb into his car. He leans over and kisses her and I sound my horn. They jump apart, confused. “Get a room,” I yell even though they can’t hear me.

“What the hell is wrong with you? I know you’re not riding the crimson wave because that was last week and you’re not blasting Tacocat.”

I close my eyes and lean my head against the headrest. “I’m just so tired.”

Scott squeezes my hand. “Do you want to talk about whatever has you so riled up?”

“Yes. No. It’s just a combination of everything but mostly I don’t know what I’m doing anymore, let alone what I want to do.”

He is quiet for a moment. “You know that you can tell me anything. You don’t have to be all James Bond about it.”

I sigh. “I know.” I open my eyes and blink back my tears. “Maybe once I sort this shit out.

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