So Over It by Stephanie Morrill

Author:Stephanie Morrill
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: JUV013020, JUV039190, JUV033010
ISBN: 9781441233219
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2010-06-30T20:00:00+00:00

I didn’t get a chance to ask Abbie about Chris until we’d eaten lunch, cake had been served, and everyone else was occupied by Curtis ripping into his gifts.

“Amy said you and Chris broke up,” I said.

Abbie swallowed a healthy bite of cake. “That’s not exactly what happened.”

Now that made sense. There’d obviously been a misunderstanding. “So, what happened?”

“He flat out dumped me.”

I struggled to keep my voice low. “What? How could you not tell me?”

She shrugged. “I didn’t know how. I didn’t want you to be mad at him.”

“Well, too bad.” I narrowed my eyes at Chris, who was preoccupied with Curtis.

Abbie gave me a look. “Skylar.”

“Walk me through it,” I said. “What happened?”

Abbie sighed. “He stopped by school to have lunch with me. I walked him out to his car, or Connor’s car, I guess. I said, ‘I love you,’ and he said, ‘I don’t think we should see each other anymore.’” She frowned. “Or maybe he said, ‘We shouldn’t see each other anymore.’ I can’t remember.”

I studied her. “What aren’t you telling me? Because I’m not getting it. We’re talking about Chris. He’s pined for you since the day you met. He calls all the time. He’s been nothing but supportive about Owen. So what aren’t you telling me?”

“You know everything.” Abbie took another large bite of cake. “Look, don’t be mad, okay? We always had some idea this might happen.”

“I didn’t.”

“Then you’re stupid,” she said, her voice sharp. “I’ve got a baby. Not even his father’s sticking around.”

I hesitated and glanced at Connor. He offered me a tight smile, as if he could guess what our conversation centered on. “Maybe this is one of those self-fulfilling prophesies. Like you expected Chris to fail you, so now he has.”

“He didn’t ‘fail’ me. We broke up, that’s it. If we’d been able to date from the get-go, it probably would’ve happened before now.” Abbie picked around her last bits of cake. “This doesn’t have to be a big deal.”

“I just don’t understand why you’re not more upset. I mean—”

Abbie turned to me, and for the first time I noticed her exhaustion. The normal signs were there—the gray smudges beneath her red-veined eyes—but she had a general droopiness to her. Like Mom’s houseplants when she forgot to water them.

“I just don’t have time or energy to be upset, Skylar. I’ve got school. I’ve got a baby who hasn’t gotten the memo that nighttime is sleepy time. I can’t indulge in being sad. And even if I could, I—” She drew her vibrating cell phone from her back pocket. “Hello? . . . Yeah, I can hear he is. I’ll be right there.”

She shoveled in her last bite of cake as she stood. “I guess Owen woke up from his nap two minutes after I left and hasn’t stopped crying since. I gotta get home.”

I followed her across the backyard. “Here.” I handed her my keys. “I can walk.”

“You sure you don’t mind? Because technically I’m only allowed to drive to school and work.

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