Burnout by Stacia Leigh

Author:Stacia Leigh [Leigh, Stacia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Children & Teens
Publisher: Espial Design
Published: 2016-10-24T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13: Friends

“Help me. I’m going to puke.”

The soft voice pulled Will out of a dead sleep. He couldn’t see anything, but he kicked and paddled harder to get to the surface. Blub, blub, blub. Here I come! His eyelids peeled open to a dusky sky and to Miki on her belly, crawling off the tarp into the wet grass. She whimpered like a whipped pup.

“Shh. It’s okay, Miki.” He crawled to her and patted her back as she retched up last night’s chili dog. Sick. He snapped off a broad leaf from a skunk cabbage and covered the chunky mess. “How ya doing? Feeling okay?”

“I can’t move my legs.” She gulped, then wiped her mouth weakly and lifted her head to glance around. “Where are we?”

“Remember the beer last night? You drank it and passed out cold. I think you got roofied.”

“Roofied? What does that mean? Like the date-rape drug? Oh my G—I don’t remember anything!” She cried and rolled over clumsily to examine her clothes.

“Don’t worry, okay.” He patted down the air in front of him. “Nothing happened. We spent the night out here, so we could meet up with Pinecone. What’s the last thing you remember?”

“The bike ride. Being in the hotel lobby. The crazy-haired guy behind the desk.” Miki’s eyes were watery, and she sniffed, then frowned. “The beer was drugged?”

“It must’ve been. There’s no other explanation. You drank almost half, and within ten minutes, you fell on your face. You don’t remember anything else?”

She shook her head and rubbed her eyes with the tips of her fingers.

He tried not to blow out a relieved breath, but thank God. Forget being a mechanic, she should be the counselor the way he’d downloaded last night. Pitiful. What if she’d heard him rambling on about his feelings and remembered it?

Deny or die, plain and simple.

Miki covered her face, and her shoulders trembled as a sob escaped.

“I feel funny, like I’m scared, but I don’t know why.” She unzipped her coat, and pulled the hem of her shirt up to wipe her nose.

“Hey, it’s probably the drug wearing off, which is good. But you know, it’s still early. Let’s chill out for a bit and wake up slow. Come here.” He helped her scoot across the tarp and put his arm down for her to use as a pillow. “We can small talk, and this time I’ll start. Like tell me…do you like to bake? You know…cookies, pies?” Her blue hair fanned over his shoulder, and instead of answering, she hugged him.

“If one of us had to drink Mook’s spiked beer, I’m glad it was you and not me, so I could be here for you, you know?” He wrapped his arm around her waist and squeezed. “The knight in shining armor stuff. While you were busy napping, I had to fend off the wild animals. If it were the other way around, my cool-card might’ve taken a hit.”

“You’re pretty lame,” she murmured, and the strength in her voice made his heart calm.

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