Something Like Happy by Sasha Greene

Author:Sasha Greene [Sasha Greene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Jade hurried towards the station. The grey clouds threatened rain, and she didn’t want to get caught out in her light summer jacket. Her parents wouldn’t mind about her staying out all night. All they seemed to want from her was for her to be happy. But then, in some ways, that was the hardest request of all. To be happy. What did that even mean? And how the hell did she go about doing it?

Sometimes she caught a glimpse of happiness. Sometimes, for a fleeting moment, she managed to think of herself as not one of two sisters, but an individual in her own right. And that was what she liked most about Nick. He made her feel like a real person. Took her exactly as she was, without the shadow of her sister following her.

Maybe that would change now. Maybe he would see her differently. The look on his face last night when she had told him, that that had been painful to watch. The look in his eyes as he realised. And, to make things worse, she still hadn’t shared the whole story with him. She had been so close to doing it, but somehow the words had passed her by.

She shook off the thought. They could only go forward now. One day at a time. As she had been doing ever since her sister had died. She had never intended to fall for someone like Nick. And it was kind of ironic that he seemed to be the one person who was actually good for her. They were either going to manage to help each other through this, or just crash and burn in flames together. But she had to tell him the whole story. The next time she saw him.

The house was quiet when she pushed open the door. She tiptoed upstairs, anxious not to wake anyone. Still, she would need a shower. And clean underwear. The noise of the shower would probably wake her mum up. Not her dad, though, who slept like a log. Although she’d never come across a log that snored quite as much as he did.

Sure enough, when she came downstairs, hair scraped up into her usual messy bun, her mum had already brewed a pot of tea. Jade poured herself a cup and sipped it slowly, savouring the delicate taste. No tea bags were allowed in the house; it was always brewed directly from fresh leaves. Silence settled in the kitchen as they both sipped their drinks and munched through their breakfast. Jade had shared many weekend mornings like this with her mum. Ruby hadn’t been a morning person either. So often, while the other two had slumbered above, the two women had shared a pot of tea and a chat about what was going on in their lives.

Was that a factor in what had happened, Jade suddenly thought. She had talked it all out while Ruby had kept it all in?

She found herself telling her mum about what had happened with Nick.

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