Under My Skin by A. E. Dooland

Author:A. E. Dooland
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lesbian, genderqueer, transgender, nonbinary
Publisher: A. E. Dooland

NINETEEN

For those short little legs of hers, Bree was surprisingly fast. By the time I'd made it to the front door, I couldn't even see the tail end of her so I had no idea which direction she'd gone in. I looked around the side of the house, in the shed, and all through the backyard, but she wasn't anywhere to be seen which meant that she'd taken off up the road. In the dark, in suburb she didn't know, in that flimsy dress, again.

I shouldn't have put off telling her about Gemma and I. I rushed out onto the footpath and looked both ways. I should have just told her last Saturday, right after it had happened. I'd even told Henry, but not Bree. Why not Bree?

I knew the answer to that question, but I was too distracted by the fact I couldn't see her anywhere. Shit. I stood in the entrance to the driveway, trying to figure out what to do.

The front door opened. “Hey, Min, is everything okay?” It was Sarah's voice, and she actually sounded kind of concerned. “I mean, obviously not, but you know...”

I was worried and a bit frustrated and I very nearly had a go at her for sending me into the kitchen while Gemma was there, but I bit my tongue. I was glad Gemma and I had sorted stuff out, and it wasn't anyone's fault except mine that I hadn't told Bree what had happened.

While I was still stuck on what to do next, Sarah wandered down onto the driveway with me. “Well, that settles that,” she said with a bit of an ironic grin.

I frowned at her. “What settles what?”

She was still grinning. “The great debate about whether or not Schoolgirl is into you.”

I threw a hard stare at her. “If she's running around... wherever the hell we are right now because you decided to teach me a lesson, I'm going to be pretty fucking pissed off.” Turning back towards the road, my eyes rested on my car. I should take it, I thought. I can cover more ground more quickly that way. I walked out onto the road.

Sarah followed me out to it. “Do you actually think I'd do that?” she asked me, as I patted down my pockets to try and figure out where my key was. I didn't answer her, and she said a bit indignantly, “I'm not a sadist, Min. The way she was angling herself into your lap earlier, I kind of figured she already knew and was pretty keen on making sure Gem didn't get another shot at you.”

“Well, she didn't know,” I said, and then opened the car door and went to get in.

Sarah stopped me. “Yeah, I got that much,” she said. “Are you right to drive? I saw two beers and some wine go into you.”

Wow, in worrying about Bree I hadn't even thought of that. “Yeah, I probably am,” I decided. “Just.”

She let me go and I climbed in. I was putting on my seatbelt when the other door opened and Sarah swung in the other side.

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