Turnabout by Melissa Wong

Author:Melissa Wong [Wong, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action, aliens, Anime, cat, coming of age, fantasy, feline, fighting, light novel, love, Magic, magical girl, Melissa Wong, novel, scifi, sentai, social media, Space, superhero, teen, YA, young adult
Publisher: FeatherBand Digital Press
Published: 2019-12-24T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The Elements of Love

“They’re not... together, right?” Sara asked as she watched Melissa disappear into the crowd.

“Nah, they’ve been friends since they were babies or somethin’.”

“Oh, so sort of like us then! Well, we’ve only been friends since second grade, but still...”

“Yeah,” Ryan replied, looking down at something on his phone, “Except he has a crush on her and had the stones to tell her how he felt.”

“So she turned him down?”

“Yeah—hard. Even ghosted him for a while.”

“And now they’re on the same team...” she said, trailing off as she played with her necklace. “That must be awkward.”

“Yeah. If I had a thing for you, I’d never tell you because that’s exactly what I would be afraid of!”

“That’s crazy!” she laughed. “Besides, she hugged him during the fight with Mike and Maria!”

“I know. He keeps getting mixed signals from her.”

“Mixed signals from who? Ay, who’re we talking about?” Maria asked, sidling up to them with a small plate full of canapés. “You two? Mixed signals everywhere!”

“Not us!” Ryan protested, “Just some people we know! Geez.”

“Do we know ‘em?” Mike asked, also showing up out of nowhere.

She almost said yes before remembering that the only time Melissa and Cobalt had met them was when they were under Vetrina’s influence.

“...no, I don’t think you’d know them.”

“What a shame. Would be nice to get some fresh chisme for once!” Maria lamented before popping a crab puff into her mouth.

“We’re not gossiping!” Sara cried, scanning the crowd for Sable and AJ, “All that we were talking about was...”

She trailed off as she saw a familiar figure across the room, the group of girls he was surrounded by only making him seem taller than the last time she’d seen him. What was Chase doing here?

Someone snapped their fingers at her, and she blinked before looking over at Mike.

“Yo, you fell asleep or something.”

She felt her cheeks turning red, and put her hands over them. “I swear I saw someone I—Ryan, remember that guy I told you about the other day?”

Ryan gave her a weird look. “Yeah?”

“I-I think that’s him over there!”

“What, Mister Instant-Attraction-But-I-Forgot-To-Get-His-Number?” he scoffed.

“Yeah, Chase!”

“What, some dude was interested in this nerd?” Maria laughed, “Is he Super Nerd or something?”

“No, he’s really quite handsome! I didn’t think someone like him would be interested in me, but the friends I was with that day insisted he was!” Ryan scoffed at that, and Mike put him in a loose headlock.

“Which dude is he?” he asked, straining to see across the crowd while Ryan tried to break free.

“T-the tall one over there, with the longer black hair.”

“Oooh girl, nice!” Maria exclaimed once she spotted him.

“Yeah...” Sara murmured as she watched him from across the room. “Nice.”

She heard Mike laugh, and suddenly she was brought back to reality by a hand on her shoulder. She turned, and Ryan placed his head close to hers.

“You’ve got this,” he said quietly. “Go talk to him. Say hello or something. You can’t just stand here staring at him all night.”

“Yes! Okay!” she declared, straightening her shoulders.

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