Gold Medal Summer by Donna Freitas

Author:Donna Freitas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

Things go downhill from there.

On Saturday after practice, the second I leave the gym, my eyes scan the parking lot, searching for the boy who I can’t seem to stop thinking about, now that I’ve allowed myself to start. But I don’t see that wavy, longish hair, that green and white soccer jersey, and that grin that has me swooning. I’d assumed Tanner would be waiting for me today, that the kiss we shared last night somehow meant that we would automatically see each other every day; that when we decided next time we would go for shakes at the diner, we meant after my next practice.

“Are you okay, Joey?” Trish asks, coming up behind me.

I bite my lip. “Yeah. I guess.”

“Do you want to walk home together?”

“Sure,” I say. Maybe he forgot I have practice on Saturdays.

As Trish chatters on about her predictions for Regionals, I am distracted. I can’t think straight. I want to talk to someone about everything that is happening to me, all that is changing and so quickly. Someone who knows me better than everyone else in the world.

Where is Alex when I need her?

If she were here, I would finally confess to her about Tanner and my daydreams and how we kissed last night. I’d tell her all about my new floor and beam routines too. And then we could discuss the possible reasons why Tanner would kiss me last night and not show up today, analyzing every detail and feasible explanation, and I could feel comforted by my best friend.

I love Trish, but it’s not the same.

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