Stardust by Rue Volley & Jennifer Malone Wright

Author:Rue Volley & Jennifer Malone Wright [Volley, Rue]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Hot Ink Books
Published: 2014-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

When The Stars Align

I stood in the garden and stared at the plaque. It was a dedication to the town of Stillcreek, in honor of the founders of the mill, that of my mom’s family. The McGuires. My mom’s bloodline ran back to the creation of the stars, or so she said. I swear, the way she talked about them, you would think they built the Ark. Truth was they were immigrants, from Ireland. A family with the desire to succeed and so they did when they migrated to Stillcreek in 1803 and started to take advantage of the lush forests surrounding it. When my mom’s great-great-grandfather, Charles, came here with his wife, Rose, they had little to their names but work ethic. Charles took one look around and used the bit of money they had to purchase land, and land was gold. He bought up the hillsides of Stillcreek and began logging. After a year, he had hired a crew, built the mill and started to construct the home that I grew up in.

I reached out and placed my fingers on the metal plaque and then turned to look at Cody and Jess as her laughter cut through the air like a knife. She had always been one to draw attention to herself and she was even more outgoing when she wanted someone to focus on only her. I knew this all too well as she charmed me when we were growing up. Don’t get me wrong, Jess did not trick me, she just allowed me to truly understand who I am. When I was with her, everything else seemed to not matter. Not the pressures of school, my home life or my fear of the future. I guess I should be grateful that her friendship and the relationship we did have helped me get through the awkwardness of middle school and early high school.

She reached up and touched his chest as she spoke in a quieter tone, her hand flat against him and she stared into his eyes. Her pouty lips moved, but I could not hear what she was saying. Surely it was something interesting, she always had something to say about everything. I called out to Cody, purely out of need to break them up.

“This is dedicated to my family,” I said as he grinned at me and nodded. He left her standing there as she watched him walk towards me. Her expression not an angry one, but she definitely knew the competition was stiff.

I may have had a fling with Jess, but the weird need to outdo each other started when we were twelve and ended when we stopped seeing each other. I still remember the day she walked into school with Brad Bannister on her arm and I stood there, at my locker, holding my books to my chest. The calls and the slumber parties had already stopped, but nothing really prepared me for the shock of it when I saw her grinning up at him, her brown hair bouncing on her shoulders and her expression one of triumph.

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