Crushed by Amity Hope

Author:Amity Hope [Hope, Amity]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat
Amazon: B00AEDH28Q
Published: 2001-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

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As Reece walked to class, he wondered how awkward seeing Cleo would be. He wasn’t sure how she felt. But he felt like they’d left things in a weird place. Then again, he thought, maybe weird is just going to be the new normal for us.

He’d seen Mia earlier. She’d glared at him and marched away—her mini entourage trailing behind—before he’d reached her. Maybe that meant they were over even though neither of them officially said it? He didn’t know. But he hoped it meant they were.

The crowd was thinning because first bell was just about to ring. He was running late because he had tried to go after Mia. When he was almost to his classroom he saw Adam standing off to the side with Cleo right outside of the door. He had his arm around her shoulder. Even though Adam was his best friend, he wanted to throw it right back off.

Cleo was looking at him like she was suddenly nervous around him. Her eyes looked a little wide and her lips were turned down. Her fingers were fidgeting with the folder she was clenching in one arm.

“Hey, what’s going on?” he wondered as he stopped next to them.

She didn’t look at him.

Adam ignored him, too.

“How’s Ethan?” Adam demanded. He looked at Reece after he asked Cleo the question. He had a stupid grin and raised eyebrows. A few people were trickling in, giving Adam an odd look for asking the question.

What does he care how Ethan is? He’s my best friend, Reece wondered.

Cleo squirmed awkwardly under the weight of his arm. Her gaze swung around to Reece and she definitely looked nervous. He didn’t know if he should be relieved or annoyed that now Adam, who she used to be just fine with, made her uncomfortable too.

“Ethan is fine,” she said. She turned her eyes away from him again. Her voice sounded off as well. She gave Adam a smile that Reece just knew wasn’t genuine. “In fact, I talked to him this morning.”

Reece thought she was going for a carefree tone. She was not pulling it off. His guess? Because he was standing right there he thought maybe Cleo, being Cleo, didn’t want to rub it in.

“How’d that go?” Adam asked.

Her face fell into a look that Reece couldn’t comprehend.

He was already thinking things with Cleo would be tense enough this morning, after Friday night. He didn’t want to add to that. He really didn’t want to hear about the lovebird’s phone call so he took off to his desk. He wasn’t sitting that long when Adam dumped himself into his desk and turned around.

“Dude,” he said as he dropped his elbows on Reece’s desk and leaned in. “What did you take off for?”

“You think I want to hear about Ethan?” Reece gave him his What-the-hell? look to let him know that he didn’t.

“Yeah, actually I do,” Adam said smugly. “I think you would want to hear what I have to say.”

Reece doubted it. But Adam just sat there looking at him, obviously waiting for him to take the bait.

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