The Academy - Black and Green (The Ghost Bird Series) by C. L. Stone

Author:C. L. Stone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: reverse harem romance, The Academy, love triangle, young adult contemporary romance, young adult, teen
Publisher: Arcato Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Meeting the Neighbors

Kota shut off the TV, and the rest of us worked as quietly as we could to close down laptops and drag most of them into the master bedroom.

“I’ll answer it by myself,” Nathan said, and he shooed us into the big bedroom and shut the door on us.

We dropped everything on the big waterbed in the middle of the room and came back to the door, standing close together. I pressed my lips together, leaning to hear what was going on.

“Hi,” Jimmy said after Nathan opened the door. There was a bounce of something that sounded like a basketball. “I heard there were a few other guys on this street. Want to come play basketball?”

I waited, holding my breath. That was it? Nothing about Carol discovering I was really here?

“Sure,” Nathan said, at first sounding reluctant, but then the next part sounded more positive. “I’ll need to get changed. Give me a second?”

“Yup,” Jimmy said.

There was a pause. “Come in if you want,” Nathan said.

Sneakers squeaked across the floor, alongside Nathan’s barefoot footsteps.

“How’d you know I was here?” Nathan asked.

“Marie said there were a few other guys on this block, and I asked her which houses. She said there was another guy across the street? And then further down?”

“Kota and Derrick,” Nathan said. “I guess we can see if they’re home.”

Kota whispered something that sounded like, “Not now...”

I didn’t blame him. Was it good to get friendly with Jimmy? Or to get distracted with playing basketball at this time?

A while ago, North had said we had to be careful with the friends we chose. We knew little about him. We already knew he’d go through my things to report back to his mom.

“Give me two seconds,” Nathan asked, and his footsteps faded.

I grimaced at the door, hoping Jimmy wouldn’t snoop. Had we left cell phones lying around? Was it obvious more than one person had been here?

North was in Nathan’s bedroom. Would this wake him up?

Kota moved away from the door. There was a sliding glass door in the back of the master bedroom that led to the back porch. He used sign language to talk to us. “Stay here. I’m going to my house.”

He’d want to get ahead of them. Was Jessica at home? Or his mom? He’d want to stop them from saying something to Jimmy.

His mother was sure Kota and I were dating, after all. If she said so, and I was expected to go to have a dinner date with Dr. Green that night, things might get a little weird.

I shared a look with Luke as Kota snuck out. Was this a good idea?

Luke shrugged and then simply held a single finger to his lips to indicate we should be quiet. He leaned against the door to listen again.

Nathan must have dressed quickly, but his footsteps now sounded softer, sock-covered. “Just let me get these shoes on.” I sensed he was buying Kota some time to get across the street. “Did you just move into the Sorenson house?”

“Yeah.

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