Starlight by Nikki Chartier

Author:Nikki Chartier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicole Chartier

I fall back onto my bed and let my wet hair soak my pillow. I would’ve stayed in the shower for hours if the water hadn’t started to get cold. There are too many people using the hot water supply in our house these days.

Down the hallway, Aralie shouts something about Mutilated Arteries and slams her door. Moments later, Emery runs past my bedroom. Her footsteps are so distinct. She screams something about Twitter. She must be looking for Benji. I could lie in bed all day, avoid the world, and be perfectly content with it.

That’s a lie – I’d be miserable because I’d be avoiding Milo as well. I force myself to get up, throw myself together, and travel back downstairs. I can’t chicken out. Once lockdown is over, the guys will be back on the road, with millions of girls throwing themselves at them on a regular basis. This may be the only chance I ever have to really make this guy mine.

Emery is running her mouth when I round the corner downstairs. I follow her words until I find her in the smaller living room off of the foyer, where we sat the night we first learned about lockdown.

“I’m wearing green, and you’re wearing green, so that means we’ll be together forever,” she explains to Benji.

I glance down at my white tank top with the black trim. Thank God I’m not wearing green or Emery would accuse me of wrecking her relationship with Benji. Milo looks my way when I walk into the living room. He’s wearing a white T-shirt. A black triangle is in the center of his shirt. It’s a play button, like on a CD player. There’s a pause button next to it.

Great. We’re both wearing white with a touch of black. We’re meant to be together forever.

“Ooooooh,” Emery coos when she sees me. “Chloe and Milo are wearing the same colors.”

Of course, Emery would notice something like this. A goofy grin pops up on Milo’s face.

“Sorry, Chloe,” he says. “You’re stuck with me forever now. Emery’s rules.”

Benji pulls his shirt off and tosses it to Milo. “Wanna trade, bro?”

Milo throws the green shirt back to Benji. “No way…bro.”

Benji stares at the shirt in his hand for a moment, like he doesn’t want to put it back on because it’s cursed with eternal links to Emery. A heart with a keyhole decorates his chest. I wonder if he has the key tattooed somewhere else.

Emery ignores – or maybe doesn’t understand – Benji’s insult.

“Yesterday, Chloe’s friend Lauren said you wouldn’t be my best friend if you met me,” she informs Benji.

One, Lauren isn’t my friend. And two, kudos to Emery for actually keeping our secret through Lauren’s rude comments. I dare to venture across the room and sit on the couch with Milo. It’s a bit nostalgic, sitting on the same couch we sat on the night we first met…when I was captivated by his caramel eyes and amazing boyish scent.

“But,” Emery says. “You know

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