Sudden Hope by Daniele Lanzarotta

Author:Daniele Lanzarotta [Lanzarotta, Daniele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rocket Science Productions, LLC
Published: 2015-09-22T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

After school, I get the splint off, and then go to baseball practice. I keep checking my phone hoping for a message from Skylar.

Sometime after I get home, I still haven’t heard from her so I decide to send her a text. For some reason, going over seems intrusive.

‘Are you okay?’ I ask

‘No.’

‘Do you want to talk about it?’

‘No.’

This is bad. This is really bad.

I take a peek outside, already knowing where I’m going to find her. Sure enough, she is on the roof.

I climb up the ladder without looking down. I have no idea how I’m going to be able to get down later, but I put those worries aside for now.

I get up to the top and when she sees me, her eyes widen in shock.

“Can I join you?”

She shrugs and I shakily get on top of the roof and sit next to her.

“I might need some anti-anxiety meds or something to get down.”

She gives me a sad smile.

“Are you sure you don’t want to talk about it?”

I’m certain she’s about to tell me she is sure, so I’m taken by surprise when she speaks up. “I’m just so sick of it all. I’m sick of letting them treat me that way and not do a thing to stop it. I just stood there and listened to what she was saying and I froze.”

“Sky, those two—I know how they are. They are manipulative and just not easy to deal with. You can’t blame yourself for this stuff.”

“But I can be mad at myself for freezing up instead of doing something about it.”

I don’t say anything. I don’t know what to say.

“How could she even think that Kyle was breaking up with her because of me anyway? I mean… look at her… and look at me.”

I look at her and cock my head to the side. “You’re kidding, right?”

She shakes her head.

“Sky, you’re amazing and beautiful.”

She looks away. “Yeah, I’m beautiful on the inside. I’ve heard that before.”

I reach over, graze my fingers against her cheek, and turn her to face me. “You’re beautiful inside and out, Sky.” I find myself leaning toward her and before I know it, we are kissing.

The whole time, she seems tense. She keeps her hands on her sides and I can tell she is nervous, cautious. I stop and look at her.

She opens her eyes and looks at me, “You didn’t have to do this just to make me feel better,” she says.

‘Crap’, I think to myself. “That’s not why I kissed you.”

She looks away. “What happened to your no dating rule?”

I sigh. ‘Crap. What did I get myself into?’ I think. I don’t know how to say what I want to say without sounding like an ass. “The rule is still in place, Sky. I’m sorry. I just—Ugh. I kissed you because I wanted to kiss you, but I’m not breaking my rule and I don’t want this to jeopardize our friendship.”

“So, should we forget it happened?” She sounds sarcastic when she says it, but I can’t tell for sure.

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