The Jealousy Pact by Milana Spencer

Author:Milana Spencer [Spencer, Milana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-28T18:30:00+00:00

17

Eve: Lie

As I’m locking my locker with one hand, my snacks in the other, my phone buzzes from my dress pocket.

Noah: Hey, here are the details for Craig’s party — I forgot to give them to u earlier, haha.

Underneath is Craig’s address, which is a few streets from Ruby’s house, and the date and time: this Saturday at seven o’clock.

Eve: Thanks Noah :)

“I have the best news,” I say when Ruby arrives at the lockers, putting away her books.

“What?” Ruby takes a five-dollar note from her wallet, and we head to the canteen.

“I got us invited to a party!”

“What? Really? Who’s?”

“Declan’s brother, Craig. He went to this school, two years above us? Doesn’t matter — he’s having a party and there’ll be heaps of people we know there. And we’re going too!” I’m so excited, I’m skipping.

Ruby frowns. “Declan’s brother?”

“Yeah.” I tell her the time and location, suggesting we get ready at her house. We join the canteen line and Ruby fiddles with the note. “Hey, what’s wrong?” I ask. “I thought you’d be excited.”

“I am,” she lies. “How did you get invited?”

I laugh. “It’s a funny story. I ran into Declan and Kaito on Sunday night, at the supermarket near my house. It was so embarrassing because I looked like a hobo. It was like eleven at night, so I didn’t think I’d run into anyone. Anyway, we talked, and they invited me.”

Ruby doesn’t smile. Okay, maybe the story isn’t that funny. “Why were you at the supermarket by yourself so late?”

“I wasn’t alone,” I say. “I was with Noah, and we were getting snacks.”

Her lips twist. “Snacks? Why?”

I explain everything — I was helping him study for the English essay which isn’t weird because we go to each other’s houses regularly. That Noah’s family is super healthy and there was nothing yummy in his house to eat as a reward, so we went shopping.

“You guys must have had fun,” Ruby says.

“About as much fun as you can have while studying,” I drawl.

“But you hang out apart from studying.”

“Yeah, to watch movies and TV shows. We’ve watched quite a lot in the past few weeks — it’s insane.”

“How many?” Ruby sounds bored.

I tell her.

“That’s a lot.”

“Yeah.” At her expression, I add, “nothing is happening between us, though. Don’t worry.”

“I’m not worried,” Ruby says.

Before I can respond, the line surges forward and we enter the canteen. Ruby purchases yoghurt and granola, and once outside, we walk to our oak tree.

“You want to go to the party, right?” I ask as we sit down. “Declan said I can bring friends, and I think it’ll be fun.”

“Sure. Of course!” Ruby’s enthusiastic expression fades a second later.

“Then what’s wrong? Is it Noah and me?”

Ruby shakes her head.

“Because we’re not dating,” I say.

“Who’s not dating?”

I jump before whipping my head around. Oliver walks around me and takes a seat between Ruby and me.

“Jesus, you frightened me,” I say, heart racing.

“Noah and Eve,” Ruby says, picking at her food with a plastic spoon.

“What?” I ask.

“In response to your question,” she says to Oliver.

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