Startling by Arabella Rose

Author:Arabella Rose [Rose, Arabella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 32490543
Publisher: Arabella Rose
Published: 2017-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

I managed to get through the rest of the week without any kind of dramas. I didn’t have Turner sitting next to me for any of my classes. Henry has become someone I speak to every day, and I really enjoy his company. He’s different to most boys I know—he’s calming, intense as he concentrates on his work, and doesn’t care for social status unlike most.

I’m getting ready to leave for home to have a visit with my parents today. My mother has called me almost every day since I’ve been here. She has planned a full weekend of clothes shopping and eating. Which I would usually groan at, but not today, I’m actually excited to be away from campus and away from the powers that Taj seems to have over me. It’s like he has his own super power, and it’s all to do with me losing my brain cells one by one in his presence.

Nash bounces into the room, dressed and ready for tonight’s festivities. Another party. I can’t do as many as they do. It feels like that’s all they ever do.

Someone broke a nail—let’s party.

Someone broke someone’s heart—let’s party.

I sometimes enjoy it, just not as much as the others. Well, compared to Nash anyway.

“Nash, how’s your classes going?”

She stops picking up her heels from the floor and her eyes pin on mine. “Fine, why?”

I try to not let my face show any emotions to her reaction just then, but I can’t help the squint that takes over my eyes. She notices straight away, looks back down to the floor and picks up her heels.

“You’ll understand when you have a life,” she says.

I don’t think it was meant to sound mean. Actually, I know it wasn’t. Except it was a very mean statement. She straps her sky-high shoes on, jumps over to me, kisses my cheek and basically bounces out the door, full of happiness.

Is she failing? I don’t want her to.

I know she isn’t here on a scholarship like me. Her parents are wealthy, they pay for everything. Allowances worth more than the average person gets working full time.

When Taj dropped me off last week, he’s messaged me almost every day. First, it was about food, which he knows I love, then it morphed to telling each other our likes and dislikes. Taj hates mushrooms, milk, and doesn’t have a sweet tooth at all. Whereas I can eat anything sweet. I would live off sweets and deserts if I had half a chance, including baked goods just like my mother makes for me.

My cell beeps. I expect it to be my father because he should be here at any moment to pick me up, but it’s Taj. I haven’t heard from him today, I thought maybe he was busy, so I haven’t bothered texting him either.

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