Just Stay by Michelle Abbott

Author:Michelle Abbott [Abbott, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 18631212
Publisher: Michelle Abbott
Published: 2014-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

I secure my hair in a low ponytail. I hear Mum calling up the stairs. “Are you ready, Pia? We’re leaving in a moment.” I do up the buckles on my sandals and head downstairs. Mum waits at the door with her handbag over her shoulder. “We’re going to eat at the pub, that way your dad can have a drink.”

As soon as we get outside, Dad lights a cigarette. I look around for Trey; I was hoping I’d bump into him but no such luck. It’s breezy tonight and no one is sitting outside the pub, but I can see through the window that it’s busy inside. I finger the pendant in my pocket. “I need to go do something, I’ll meet you at the pub in a few minutes,” I tell them.

I head to Trey’s cottage. I can see a light on through the window, but the curtains are closed. I take a deep breath and mentally go over what I want to say. Bisley is sitting on the hood of Trey’s car, he meows at me. I stroke behind his ears and he purrs loudly. Maybe I should forget this idea, I might make things worse. Bisley rubs his head against my hand. We live too far from each other, it couldn’t work, I should go.

“Pia.”

I turn to see Ash smiling at me. Liam is with him, leaning against the low wall that surrounds Trey’s cottage. Ash sweeps his hair out of his eye. “Are you looking for Trey? He’s in but he might be listening to music with his headphones on, that’s why he didn’t hear the doorbell.”

Ash puts his finger on the bell; I reach out and grab his hand. I don’t want to air our dirty laundry in front of them. “I’ve already seen him, I just came out. I stopped to stroke the cat.”

Ash glances at Bisley. “I’m not a fan of cats, I prefer dogs.”

I walk away from the door, towards Liam, who is chewing on a stick of gum. The question comes out of my mouth before I have chance to stop it. “Have you met all of Trey’s girlfriends?”

Liam stops chewing and stares at me. He shrugs. “They weren’t girlfriends, just girls he hooked up with.”

Ash wraps his arm around my shoulder. “We only met a couple of them, it’s not like he introduced us.”

I chew on my lip. Trey didn’t introduce me to them, they kind of introduced themselves. I fiddle with the pendant in my pocket. It was a stupid idea to buy it for him; I’m just another girl he hooked up with. “I’ve got to go; I’m meeting my parents at the pub.”

I take big strides, forcing myself not to run. I hear Ash call out, “Have fun.” I wave my hand in response, and continue walking.

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