Hitting the Target by Katrina Abbott

Author:Katrina Abbott [Abbott, Katrina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Boarding school, young adult romance, YA romance, young adult contemporary romance, Equestrian, friendship
Publisher: Over The Cliff Publishing
Published: 2015-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Decisions, Decisions

I was alone in my dorm room on Wednesday after dinner (Emmie was down in the lounge, giving me the room to catch up on some homework) when I picked up the landline phone and put it down again just as I had approximately sixty-million times since my meeting with the dean. I knew I had to talk to my dad, just as I’d told the dean I would. But my hesitation over talking to him was due to many things. I was very aware of all the reasons because I’d had three days to think about them and mull them over, then somehow convince myself not to call him. Even though I knew there was no denying it: I absolutely was going to have to talk to him. But those reasons for not calling him were really compelling:

Reason one: I was going to have to come clean to my dad about dating someone. At my all-girls school. Which would lead to...

Reason two: the guy I was dating was my coach. Oh and the dean’s son. No matter how much I tried to convince my dad that Brady is nice and respectful and that we’d both tried to deny getting involved, he was not going to be happy about the situation. That meant he might pull me out of school. Or take strips off the dean. Or maybe he’d go straight to the board. There was a good chance he and my mom would do all of the above.

Reason three: even if things went perfect and he gave me clearance to admit who I am, some tiny part at the back of my brain worried that Brady was going to be mad. He’d professed his love, and I’d seen enough movies to know that love can overcome lies and half-truths. But I’d also been on the planet long enough to know that movies aren’t real life and coming clean to him was a very big risk.

Still, telling him the truth was inevitable. My identity wasn’t something that could stay a secret forever. It’s not like he could marry me not knowing.

As I sat there thinking this, I smiled a little at the thought of us getting married. Which was completely ruined before I even got to the part with me in the elegant dress and him looking way hot in a tux as I then pictured us applying for a marriage license and me blurting out the truth and him freaking out and leaving me standing there. Slightly better than being left at the altar, but not much.

“Don’t be stupid, you have to tell him. The dean will not let you get away with it for much longer,” I muttered to myself as I stared at my phone, trying to drum up some courage. I’d already had to respond to an impatient e-mail from the dean, telling her my father was inquiring with his superiors about security clearance. A total lie (hey, what’s one more?), but it bought me a bit of time.

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