Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do by Kendall Adams

Author:Kendall Adams
Language: nld
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

The three of us decided to hit Sun’s favorite Indian restaurant for dinner, but first I had a couple of phone calls to make. I was kind of hoping they would notice my anxiety and go out to the student lounge, but Sun had already dumped out her jewelry box and was telling Becca which part of the world each item was from. Unfortunately my cell didn’t work in the hall or lounge, so it was either stay here, go outside—something Becca definitely would tease me about—or ask them to leave. New Jenna might have done that, but just having my sister there was making me feel very Old Jenna. Yep, it was happening already, and in the face of calling Kyle and Sean, I didn’t have the strength to cope with it. So instead I curled up in a corner near my headboard and called Kyle, hoping Sun’s jewelry show was fascinating enough to distract them both.

“Hey, Jenna! Where’d you go?” Kyle answered the phone. He sounded so chipper, it made me want to hang up again.

“Sorry about that. I was getting all these calls at once…”

“That’s okay,” he said. “So, what’s the final decision? Are you in, or are you out?”

I took a deep breath. My free hand was curled up so tightly my nails were digging into my palm. “Out, actually.”

“Oh.” I never knew a vowel could sound so disappointed.

Sun and Becca both looked up at me to see what would happen next. I turned slightly farther away from them, my knees now pressing into the wall.

“I kind of told this friend that I’d help him paint his house this weekend,” I explained. “His landlord’s coming, and the place is a mess….”

“Oh. I see,” Kyle said. “So this is a guy friend.”

I bit my lip. “Kind of.”

“Are you two…?”

“Kind of,” I repeated.

“Oh.” He cleared his throat. “Okay. I get it. That’s cool.” There was a sharp intake of breath and a pause. “I guess it just…wasn’t meant to be.”

I felt nauseated. He sounded really thrown and upset. Who knew I could make a person sound like that? “Well…good luck in the competition,” I said awkwardly. “I really hope you make it.”

He laughed lightly. “Thanks. I’ll…well, bye, I guess.”

“Yeah. Bye, Kyle.”

The line went dead before I had a chance to hang up. I was glad he hadn’t flipped out or anything, but he had sounded so surprised that it almost made me want to change my mind. It was a new experience for me, breaking a guy’s heart.

“You okay?” Becca asked.

I forced a weak smile. “Yeah. Fine. Just give me one more minute, and we’ll go eat.”

Not that I had any appetite. I pushed myself off the bed and quickly dialed Sean, wanting more than ever to get this over with.

“Hello?”

“Hey, Sean. It’s Jenna,” I said.

“Oh, hey! What’s up?” he asked.

“Not much. Listen, I’m not going to make the field trip after all,” I said.

There was a long silence. “Why not?”

“Actually, I’m kind of…”

Just say it! Get it out!

“I’m kind of seeing someone,” I said.

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