Open Heart by Ruby Scott

Author:Ruby Scott [Scott, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-12T22:00:00+00:00

Eleven

When the four girls were gone and it was just Cara and Izzy remaining, Cara realized she couldn’t hold it in anymore. “I don’t think I like your friends much.” She admitted as they walked hand-in-hand to where they parked.

Izzy looked up at her, eyebrows raised. “I know they can be a bit much but they mean well. We’ve all known each other since we were at prep school.”

Cara couldn’t buy that, she really couldn’t. Maybe if it had been just one question that rubbed her the wrong way, she could write it off as a small misstep. Instead, there were multiple. They continued to talk about her after she had left the table. Who knew what they said that she didn’t overhear? Hell, who knew what Izzy responded. “Do they? They have a really weird way of showing it.”

Izzy stopped walking, letting go of Cara’s hand. She turned to look at her, “Look, I know they overstepped but you’re the first person I’ve really dated that they’ve met. They have my best interest at heart, I know they do. They will come around. Just give them time.”

Cara sighed, running a hand through her hair. Who cared if she messed it up? She wasn’t trying to impress anyone anymore; maybe she shouldn’t have tried in the beginning. As soon as they heard she wasn’t a doctor, their mind was made up about her. “They made me feel like I was trash, Izzy. They made me feel like I wasn’t even good enough to be around you, and you didn’t say a thing, and that is what made it worse. How would you feel if you’d been me?”

Izzy’s nose wrinkled. She hadn’t been thinking of it like that. She’d always cut her friends a lot of slack, but she hadn’t thought this through and that was now obvious to her. Was she just that naïve? She looked up at Cara and took her hands.

“I’m sorry.” She said, honestly. “I should have told them to stop. I just… I’ve never introduced them to someone before. Plus, if my friends are that bad… my parents are going to be ten times worse. Can’t it just be practice?” From the look on Cara’s face, she could tell that the answer was no. Izzy sighed, “I’m sorry, I really am. In the future, I won’t allow anyone to talk to you like that, no matter who they are to me. But you don’t need to worry. My opinion about you didn’t change. You’re more than good enough for me. You are way more than I deserve.”

Cara sighed. She couldn’t stay angry when Izzy was looking up at her with those big, round blue eyes. She genuinely believed that she just didn’t know better. She reached down and wrapped her arms around Izzy’s waist. She pulled her close, pressing her lips to her forehead. She stayed like that a moment, holding Izzy as she calmed herself down.

“It’s fine.” She finally said. “I guess I just really wanted to make a good impression on your friends, not look like a loser.

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