The Lighthouse by Melanie Wilber

Author:Melanie Wilber [Wilber, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-06-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Jodi had to work on Friday morning, but her shift ended at two and she was able to come over for the afternoon. We hung out at the house and went for a walk down to the beach. It was cold but not wet, and there wasn’t much wind. We talked about everything just as we had always done, and she seemed more settled than I was expecting. She and Tess had decided to get an apartment together in Coos Bay at the beginning of the year when Winter Term began rather than Jodi moving in with Tess’ family, and she seemed satisfied with that.

We met Tess, Annie, and Sam for dinner in town, and it was fun. The five of us together had a familiar chemistry. I was mostly quiet, just listening to the four of them laugh and joke and talk about everything under the sun. Annie and Sam had both gone away to college like I had, and they didn’t know about Jonathan until he called me.

I went outside to talk because I couldn’t hear a thing, and when I came back, all eyes were on me. Tess, Annie, and Sam wanted to know everything. I had assumed Jodi had told Tess, but she didn’t seem to know any more than the other two. I tried to be vague, telling them his name, how we met, and a few other details, but they were too curious to let me get away with that, especially when they learned he was twenty.

“It’s always the quiet ones,” Sam said. “You think you know them, and then they do the unexpected.”

Tess was sitting beside me, and she whispered in my ear. “Is he a good kisser?”

I smiled.

“He is?” Tess said loud enough for everyone to hear.

I just laughed.

“He is what?” Sam wanted to know.

“A good kisser,” Tess replied.

On and on they went, asking me questions right and left, including if I had slept with him, to which I quickly answered no, but I didn’t elaborate. I felt it was a personal matter and said, “Enough of that subject” when they tried to probe further.

Jodi had driven us here, and when she drove me home, she didn’t stay or even get out of the car. I gave her a hug and told her good-night, asking if she thought we might see each other again before I drove back to school on Sunday afternoon, but she said she wasn’t sure of her schedule tomorrow and Sunday morning.

“I’ll call you,” she said. “But if you want to make other plans, go ahead. Don’t wait on my account.”

I didn’t respond and got out of the car. Walking up to the front door, I realized Jodi had been quiet after the subject of Jonathan had come up, and I knew her dismissal of me had been cool. I never knew what made Jodi upset, but I always knew when she was.

I didn’t see her before I left, and it was just as well. I spent

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