Best Friends...Forever? by Krysten Lindsay Hager

Author:Krysten Lindsay Hager [Hager, Krysten Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean Reads
Published: 2015-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

I went to the bus stop the next day, and Devon was eating a blueberry muffin. Ericka glanced up from her phone.

"Oh wow, Landry. I heard about you and Vladi. You must be devastated," Ericka said.

Ouch, I had no idea anyone other than the people I told knew about that. I stared at Devon, and her mouth was full, but she shook her head. Wait, did Tori tell her? I hadn't come right out and said, "Hey, please keep my heartbreak to yourself," but I thought it went without saying.

"Um, I'm fine," I said.

"But you liked him sooo much. You poor thing. You must feel so rejected," Ericka said.

Devon took a sip from her water bottle. "Actually, Ericka, why would Landry want to be tied down with one guy? I mean, yeah, it stinks, but whatever. Now she can focus on other stuff, and who knows what will happen when we get to the high school next year."

The bus pulled up, and we all got on. I sat in the seat across from Peyton, and Ericka plopped down next to me.

Ericka kept going. "I just feel bad that everyone knows Vladi dumped you. You're such a sweetie, and you deserve better."

What she was saying was nice, in theory, but there was a sting behind it. If I said, "You know what? That doesn't sound sincere," she would have called me paranoid and "too sensitive." So I sat there and took it — and felt awful.

"You know, maybe you don't realize it Ericka, but you are coming off a little passive aggressive. I'm sure you don't mean to, but you might want to watch that," a voice said. It was Ashanti. She whirled back around and missed Ericka sticking her tongue out at the back of her head. I saw Devon smirk.

The bus pulled up to the school, and I tried to catch up with Ashanti, but she was walking too fast.

"Hey, thanks," I said. "For what you said back there."

"Whatever. I have to get to class," she said and walked past me.

I stood there feeling stupid.

"She's so rude," Ericka said, coming up next to me. "What's her deal anyway?"

I shrugged and went to class.

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