Fall For You [The Jane Austen Academy Series #1] by Cecelia Gray

Author:Cecelia Gray
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2012-02-10T05:00:00+00:00

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Lizzie craned her neck, searching for Ellie in the crowd of girls having dinner on the quad for Jasta’s annual fall barbecue—although now they had a grill reserved just for tofu kebabs after Lizzie’s freshman feature on the lack of vegetarian options. Before that article, Ellie couldn’t eat anything.

It was weird to see boys dotting the green landscape. A few were tossing a football over some girls’ heads. Another couple were determined to climb one of the old apple trees.

She supposed she could admit it wasn’t worse having them here for the annual tradition. Just—different.

The same horseplay had been forbidden under the last administration when the student body had been all female, but student standards had been amended—for the boys, she was sure. She hadn’t liked the rules, either, and was glad they were gone, but it still made her mad that the rules had changed for boys and not for them.

Ellie usually saved her a spot under the biggest apple tree, but since it had already been staked out, Lizzie figured Ellie had moved somewhere else. She finally spotted her on a small green slope near the boys’ wing—with Emma camped out on her picnic blanket.

Under their tree. The tree where they were supposed to have their annual tradition, but hadn’t.

Lizzie fought a frown of annoyance and made her way to them, her sneakers dragging in the grass.

Ellie caught sight of her when she was halfway there and began waving comically, so Lizzie finally smiled.

“—got you a barbecue plate already so you don’t have to stand in line,” Ellie was saying as Lizzie approached. She dropped cross-legged on the blanket, so snugly between Ellie and Emma that Emma had to scoot over a few inches to make room.

“Thanks,” Lizzie said, taking a little pleasure in Emma wriggling across the blanket like a worm in her tight leather skirt. “I’m starving.”

“You should be.” Emma winked and her blond bob seemed to wink, too. “You’ve been busy.”

“Yeah, I have,” Lizzie said. “We’re gearing up the Gazette to cover Bergie’s announcement on the name change.”

“I already asked my mom to write in a letter of protest,” Ellie said, wolfing down a barbecued tofu cube.

“But where is she sending it?” Lizzie pointed out. “The new owners have yet to reveal themselves.”

“To Bergie. She’ll have to pass on the tons of letters.”

“I’m not so sure about tons,” Lizzie warned. Georgiana already had several dozen interviews under her belt from the afternoon’s work. “Almost none of the guys care about the name, so I doubt their families would write in. Neither do the incoming freshmen and about a quarter of the girls. That leaves a minority of us, many of whom are graduating, and even less who have parents who actually care. Besides, your mom writes a protest letter if someone drops a cigarette on the sidewalk.”

“Hey!” Ellie said.

“I meant it in a good way,” Lizzie said.

“That’s not what I meant about you keeping busy, by the way,” Emma said with another wink.

“What

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