The Boarding School Experiment by Emily Evans

Author:Emily Evans [Evans, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Love, Revenge, YA, teen, best, emily evans, top, the accidental movie star, boarding school, do over
Published: 2012-09-29T23:42:41+00:00

***

I had a simple plan: loosen the bolts, remove the grate, and explore outside. But other students kept coming into the laundry room, wanting to chat about the upcoming competition, or their soul mates, or some other random topic. They’d never bothered me until I needed them to be gone.

At the end of my shift, I’d made progress with one bolt. I hated to admit it, but I needed Thane’s strength, or cooking oil from the kitchen. I hid the tools behind the dryer and headed out.

Kaitlin caught me in the hall. “Hey.”

Sometimes I felt guilty about not telling her about Geneva, but the only thing I could say would upset her and get us in trouble. I didn’t want Kaitlin dragged down with us. Right now, she could truthfully deny all knowledge of my wrongdoings.

Kaitlin said, “Declan’s been looking for you. I think it’s about the dance tonight.”

My mouth twitched to the side in instinctual revulsion. I’d rather be on a blind date than go out with Declan. “I’m not really feeling it with Declan.” I paused. “And maybe you shouldn’t have so much faith in these soul mate statistics. Love’s not a statistic.”

“True.” Kaitlin’s voice softened. “But if it were, then 98 is pretty high.”

“It is. Um, and on a random note, I’m not taking their vitamins anymore.”

“My parents don’t believe in vitamins, but if they make you feel better.” She shrugged.

“They don’t.” I don’t know if that was strictly true. Other than my guilt over Rhys and my worries about Geneva, I’d never felt better. “I don’t trust The Scientist who gives them out.”

“Why not?”

“Why won’t they let us visit Geneva?”

“True.”

I followed her back to our dorm, thinking about the dance, and staying under the radar. Lay low. I agreed with Thane on that much.

“We got a shipment of special dresses,” Kaitlin said. “I hung ours on the shower to steam out the wrinkles.”

I felt a ridiculous rush of joy at the thought of wearing anything other than T-shirts and sweats. “I don’t know how they can get clothing shipments in, but not the Internet.”

Kaitlin giggled. “Wait ’til you see it.”

I groaned. “Navy or olive?”

“Nope.” Her look became mischievous and when I caught sight of the dress I knew why. Red: slit down to there and up to there, backless, no way Mom would let you wear it, red. I swiveled the dress on the hanger. “Would you wear something like this back home?”

“Never.”

I wouldn’t dare wear something this trashy. However, staying under the radar meant fitting in—and that meant uniforms, even if they were slutty red dresses. Besides, if I had to wear the sweats to one more outing, I’d pull a Scarlet O’Hara and make a dress out of the wolf wallpaper.

“We get slutty shoes, too.” Kaitlin held a pair of black super-high heels in the air, suspended on her index finger by black ballet ribbons.

“Those are meant for a walk of shame in bright morning light.”

Kaitlin laughed. “I kind of like the shoes.”

I did too.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.