Teach Me To Live (Teach Me - Book One) by Alannah Carbonneau

Author:Alannah Carbonneau [Carbonneau, Alannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-11T18:30:00+00:00

“That girl is in love with you, Austin.” Mom announced bluntly as I shoveled a forkful of thick sweetened pancakes into my mouth. I chewed quickly, knowing if I dared to speak to her with my mouth this full, she’d whack me on the top of my hand with her own fork. That thing was sticky with syrup and I wasn’t taking the chance. She continued, knowing she had me at a disadvantage. “She deserves to know. You’ve been seeing her for a month now. You need to get it out in the open. It’s not fair to keep this from her.”

I swallowed, struggling with the sudden dryness coating my throat. “Mom,” I coughed. “Can we not do this?”

“I understand what you’re afraid of, Austin, but you can’t keep on pretending that it’s fine keeping her in the dark like this.” She shook her head, her eyes pleading with me to do what was right. “She’s not Chloe. She won’t react the same way.”

“Mom,” my voice was loud and my chest felt tight. I gripped it and her eyes fell to my hand, filling with worry. I dropped my hand instantly and lowered my voice. “She’s the only thing I need right now. She’s given me so much—energy. I need this with her. I need her. I can’t tell her now and risk losing her.”

Dad walked into the kitchen then moving instantly to the coffee pot. “Madison’s his wish, Gracie. He has one wish and she’s it. Let him have it.”

Her eyes welled with tears now and I felt my throat constrict as my heart kicked in my chest. I lowered my eyes to the table as I felt Kaiden’s glare drilling into me. Raising my head, I promised. “Give me August with her. I’ll tell her as soon as August is over.”

“Do you promise?” Mom asked softly, shakily. “She’ll want to know.”

“Promise,” I stood from the table even though it was Sunday and we always had breakfast at Mom and Dads on Sunday. Today, however, I wasn’t hungry. I muttered, “It all ends in August.”

I started walking for the front door. “Austin!” Mom’s voice followed me through the door and out into the warm summer morning.

I kept walking.

I kept walking even when I heard the door open and heavy footfalls chasing after me. I knew without looking that Kaiden was hot on my trail. I didn’t want to talk to him either, but I couldn’t do much more than the walking I was already doing. Unlike me, if Kaiden ran, as I knew he would to catch up to me, he wouldn’t lose his breath in a matter of seconds. He wouldn’t feel as though his lungs were going to deflate and he wouldn’t hurt. He could run for hours and not feel a fucking thing but exertion. Not me. I couldn’t do that.

I hadn’t been able to do that since I was sixteen years old and on the track team in high school. That was the last year that everything was normal.

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