Fae of Calaveras Trilogy Box Set by Kristen S. Walker

Author:Kristen S. Walker [Walker, Kristen S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781081412524
Publisher: Kristen S. Walker
Published: 2014-11-28T00:00:00+00:00

15

Best Friends

Rosamunde

I was juggling my time between Kai and Zil, so I didn’t see my other friends often. I felt okay about pulling away from Glen and Ashleigh, because the faeriekin were starting to make me nervous. I didn’t know what they knew or what they would do. But I did regret leaving Heather out, and as she continued to spend more time with the faeriekin, I worried that I was losing the closeness we’d had when she first joined the school.

So on Friday afternoon, when Kai had plans to hang out with his friend Anil and Zil didn’t pull me aside at the last minute, I caught Heather before she went to board the bus home. “We haven’t had a chance to hang out in forever,” I said with a little too much enthusiasm. “Just you, me, and my broom. What do you say?”

“Oh—okay,” she said, and a moment later, she smiled back brightly. “That sounds great, Rosa. You’re right, it’s been forever.”

I hid my guilty expression as I retrieved my broom from the bike lockers. I arranged my messenger bag on my right hip so she could put her arms around my waist. I didn’t need to tell her how to sit on the broom: she slid right behind me with practiced ease, and soon we were rising above the treetops.

I hadn’t thought about what we were doing until we were already halfway down the hill from the school. “Where do you wanna go?” I called back over my shoulder.

“Um, I don’t know. Are you hungry?”

I shrugged. “Not really. We could go for coffee, I guess.”

We ended up at the Drip by default, because neither of us had a better idea. It wasn’t very exciting, because everyone else was there after school too, but we were limited to indoor locations because the snow on the ground made it very cold outside.

We got our drinks and sat down at a table. We made small talk about school and photography, but we ran out of things to say pretty fast.

“So,” Heather said at last. “How is the hunt for your mom going?”

I shrugged. “The same. The history lesson was interesting, but it doesn’t really help me find the current Unseelie now.”

She looked down at her cup. “I’m sorry that I couldn’t help you get close to them.”

“That’s okay.”

The silence stretched out between us again.

I didn’t know why things felt so awkward now. Heather and I used to have so much to talk about. What had come between us?

I cleared my throat. “You’ve been hanging out with Glen and Ashleigh a lot lately.”

Her turn to shrug. “Yeah, they’ve been really nice. And you’re usually busy, so . . .”

I looked away again, at the crowd milling around the cafe.

“How are things with you and Kai?” she said politely.

“Pretty good.” I took a sip of my tea and grimaced. It was already growing cold. “We’ve been together almost three months. It feels like forever. I don’t know why I took so long to agree to go out with him.

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