Secret Kiss: Gallows Hill Academy Series Book 8 by Perry D.R

Author:Perry, D.R.
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798885418188
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2022-08-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

We returned to school in various states of readiness, from Kiara’s bullet journal-inspired confidence to Cosmo’s controlled chaos brand of mania. For once, I fell squarely in the middle.

“Like a normal high school student,” I mumbled around my sandwich.

“Nothing normal about this high school,” Jill said.

“Thank God.” Jaxon grinned.

“Werewolf hearing.” I chuckled. “Can’t beat it.”

“Here’s the bell.” Cosmo covered his ears. “Cats win.”

I headed down the hall toward the auditorium with Jaxon and Kiara.

“We’re going to see what the musical is,” she said. “Can’t wait!”

“Me too.”

The door was propped open so we filed in. All the extramural students were already there. Mr. Hickson sat on the edge of the stage, holding the end of a string hanging down from somewhere in the curtain’s vicinity.

After we were all seated, he pulled it. A blue banner dropped, and after the bright silver spangles stopped dazzling our eyes, we read it.

“Oh my God, Starmites!” Kiara jumped up.

“What’s a Starmite?” Diego asked.

“Only the campiest sci-fantasy rock musical ever.” Hayden laughed. “I’m going out for Shak Graa.”

“You’ll get it,” Rita said. “I’m all over Diva.”

“For those of us who aren’t in the know, do you have the libretto?” I asked.

“Sure.” Mr. Hickson pointed at a box to his right. “The soundtrack is in each school’s library if you want to either borrow or download it, too. I’m playing it—” He tapped his phone. “Right now.”

Music sounded on the speakers overhead. Kiara, Hayden, and Rita danced and sang along. I sat with Ed, listening. It was a rock musical score with what sounded like a medium-sized cast.

“I’m pretty sure Mr. Hickson had you in mind for that Spacepunk character,” I told him.

“I don’t think so,” Ed said. “Jax will nail it.”

“He’s got the same problem we both do, though.”

“Duty. Ken’s got tenor range, too.”

“At least there are a bunch of supporting characters.”

“I wish things were different.” Ed took my hand. “Then again, we can always do theater after high school.”

I wondered about that. Whether we would even if we could. Last year Crow told me I shouldn’t stop performing as long as it made me happy. He was right. But what did happiness look like outside high school?

I leaned my head on Ed’s shoulder, wondering if he had any idea. When he leaned on me, I understood that it didn’t matter whether we had the answers about life in general yet or not.

We’d figure them out together.

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