Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier & January Lavoy & Macmillan Audio

Author:Jennifer Hillier & January Lavoy & Macmillan Audio
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781250154217
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

19

Things were testy with Angela ever since their argument at practice the week before, but Geo took Calvin’s advice and kept her distance. Angela lived for drama, some of it real and most of it imagined, and it was best to let her cool off.

On the third day, unable to stand it any longer, Geo worked up the courage to ring Angela’s doorbell after school, two Slurpees from the 7-Eleven in hand. Grape for Angela, of course. Blue raspberry for Geo.

She wasn’t entirely surprised when Kaiser opened the door. The poor guy had been trying to get them to speak to each other since their fight, without success.

“Thank fucking god,” he said when he saw her. “I can’t take it anymore.”

“Where’s Ang?”

“In the kitchen, looking in the fridge at food she won’t allow herself to eat. She’s doing her whole ‘I’m so fat’ thing right now. Come on in.” He stood aside to let Geo in, nodding his approval at the oversize containers filled with artificially flavored slush. “She might drink that, though. Where’s my Big Gulp?”

“Didn’t know you’d be here.” She stepped in and stood in the entryway awkwardly, unsure what to do. Angela came around the corner, stopping in her tracks when she saw Geo.

“Peace offering?” Geo said, holding out the grape Slurpee. She must have been squeezing too hard, because the lid popped off and grape slush seeped out the top and onto her hand.

“Oh, nice. Come on in and make a mess, why don’t you.” Angela had her high-horse voice going, as if nobody had ever spilled anything before.

Kaiser looked back and forth between the two of them. “I’ll get some paper towels,” he said, backing away. “When I get back in thirty seconds, I fully expect that the two of you will have made up, because you’re both killing me right now.”

Angela rolled her eyes, and Kaiser disappeared down the hallway.

“I came by to bring you this.” Geo offered her the Slurpee. It was dripping onto the floor, but Angela didn’t take it. “And to say that I’m sorry. Everything you said was right. I haven’t been myself lately, and that needs to change. I’ve been a shitty friend.”

“Yes, you’ve been a bitch,” Angela stated bluntly. Then her demeanor softened. “But I guess I was, too. I shouldn’t have yelled at you in front of the other girls. That wasn’t cool.”

“Thank god,” Kaiser said, coming back with a towel. “Is the Great Fight of St. Martin’s finally over?” He took Angela’s drink and wiped it, then handed Geo the towel so she could clean the floor.

“Shut up, Kai,” Angela said absently. The two girls stared at each other. Finally, Angela shrugged and took the Slurpee, taking a long sip. “Yeah. Okay. It’s over.”

“Hug it out,” Kaiser said. When they didn’t move, he engulfed them both in a bear hug. Skinny arms wrapped around them, squeezing them tight, and the three of them stood like that for a moment. Nobody said anything.

Then, Kaiser being Kaiser, he ruined it.

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