Sketchy by Olivia Samms

Author:Olivia Samms
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: 2013-04-29T14:00:00+00:00

3 months

9 days

8 hours

It’s Tuesday morning, and I trudge through the halls of Packard High. Chris is waiting for me at my locker. He looks anxious, flushed.

“Bea! Where were you yesterday? And why didn’t you answer your phone? Willa is spreading vicious rumors about you.”

I unlock my locker. “Sore throat in the morning, had to work at that preschool in the afternoon, AA at night. I’m beat.”

“Willa is telling everyone that you’re a slut—that you slept with everybody and anybody for drugs!”

“Uh-huh, what else?” I pull my books out.

“That you tested positive for HIV and want to infect the whole school.”

I laugh. “Gotta hand it to her… that’s a good one.”

“Wait, it gets better”—he laughs now, too—“you’ve been practicing witchcraft for a while, and you’ve made a voodoo doll of her and pierce her every night with needles!”

“I’ve always wanted to be a Wiccan!” I slam my locker shut.

“Seriously, how did you manage to piss her off so much? What did you do?”

“I drew the truth out of her.”

“Oh, shit. Does this have something to do with”—he looks around and whispers—“your power?”

“Maybe.”

“You’re not using again, right, like she says?”

“Believe me, I’m not using. I’d be in a better mood if I were.” I sink my back against the cold metal door. “She told me, Chris—everything that happened that night. It was horrible, so horrible.” I show him the stack of flyers tucked away in my bag. “And this is the guy, the rapist.”

“Why would she do that? Tell you what happened?”

“Because she’s scared and she wants help. She needs help. And I’m the only one around here who sees the lie she’s been living, the only one who hasn’t been suckered into her fantasy life.”

“What are you talking about? She’s, like, perfect. Willa Pressman has never done anything wrong.”

I sigh. The bell rings, I look around at the walking dead in the halls, and decide to write down the mind-blowing words to Chris.

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