The Most Beautiful Bully (Summit Middle School) by Freeman Shannon

Author:Freeman, Shannon [Freeman, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing
Published: 2015-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

A Familiar Face

Later that evening, Carson let her friends’ words sink into her spirit. It was all she could think about. After being around Jessa, she was sure the two of them were okay. There was something nagging her, though. Something about Jessa thinking that Carson was drooling all over Holden.

Why would she say that?

If that was the way Jessa saw it, then she was harboring negative feelings somewhere deep.

Carson fell back on her bed and turned the TV off. She couldn’t think about it anymore. The only person she knew who would be real with her was Jody. She walked across the street and knocked on Jody’s bedroom window.

She could see her friend engrossed in the Disney Channel’s newest show. Jody never took her eyes off the television as she crossed the room to raise the window for Carson. It was like they were little kids all over again.

“What’s up?” Jody asked her as she sat on the bed. “You only use the window now when something’s wrong.”

“That’s not true.” Jody gave her a knowing look and asked again, “What’s up?”

“I don’t even know where to begin. You know Jessa came over the other day, right?”

“Uh-huh.” Her expression read, “I told you so.” Jody sensed that Jessa would be the cause of her friend’s troubles.

“Well, number one, I went to the movies with her and her friends. First, Jessa leaves me looking all over the mall for them. Then when we get in the movie, I’m sandwiched between Harper and Monroe. They acted like I wasn’t even there.

After the movie, Holden’s outside. They see us talking and hear him tell me to call him. By the time I get to lunch today, Jessa is in my face saying that I like Holden. Says I can have him. I’m so emotional by this time that I wind up snapping at Mai and Emma. Now it’s like I have no friends.”

“One thing you will always have is a friend. I got you, so don’t ever worry about that.”

“I know, Jody. But you are not at Summit with me. I can’t be a one-girl show.”

“Look, you messed up with your day ones. That’s fixable. I already warned you about Jessa. You didn’t want to listen. That girl is trouble. She’s dangling her friendship in your face like someone dangles a carrot in front of a horse.”

“Can we skip the horse analogies right now?”

Jody started laughing. “I forgot about the horse incident. My bad.”

Carson had to laugh too. It was funny looking back on it. But nobody could have told her that on the day she kicked Coco and was sent flying through the air.

“What I was trying to say was stop trusting Jessa,” Jody said. “She is not your friend. I don’t know how to put it more plainly than that. Make it right with Emma and Mai. They wouldn’t last a day at Carver, but they sound like cool girls.”

“Yeah, you are right, Jody. I don’t know what I’d do without you.

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