Three Times the Charm by Kimberly Cooper Griffin

Author:Kimberly Cooper Griffin [Griffin, Caitlin Ricci, A.M. Burns, and Kimberly Cooper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult
ISBN: 978-1-64080-433-3
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-07-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Mel

GETTING THROUGH school that day was painful. I kept wanting to go gather Amelia in my arms and tell her I was there for her and how everything was going to be okay if she would start eating and stop worrying about things. Raine and I made sure to walk her from class to class, even if one or both of us had to rush from the class we were in to get to her. She was moving like a ghost, hardly the girl we’d both kissed the day before.

At lunch Raine and I both glared at people who tried to sit with us while we did our best to get some kind of nutrition into Amelia.

“It’s just orange juice,” Raine said as she put a glass down in front of Amelia. “It’ll help. Trust me.”

Amelia pursed her lips. “My stomach’s too upset for something like that.”

“How about some bread?” I put the roll from my lunch in front of her. “It might help absorb some of the acid in your stomach and make you feel better.”

She curled her lip and shook her head. “No carbs. Jeez, Mel, don’t you know anything?” She started to get up, then sank back into her chair and put her head down on the table. “Can you two wake me in time for me to get to class? I can sleep through math too if Mel promises to help me with the homework tonight.”

I ran my hand through her hair and didn’t care if anyone saw me do it. Amelia was hurting. She was sick, and she needed us more than we needed to stay in the closet. “Of course I’ll help you with your homework. We can even work on it over at my house. Dad’s going to be late again tonight.”

Raine pouted slightly. “I wish I could be there, but Teddy has some kind of thing that Mom wants the whole family to go to so all I can do is drop you two off.”

“I really wish you could be there too.” I glanced over Amelia’s head and gave Raine a weak smile. Even after the evening we’d had the day before, things were sad, and I didn’t know what to do to make them better. I’d lost a friend back in Texas to an eating disorder, and I didn’t want to lose Amelia too. I’d just found her, and she was special.

“Me too,” Amelia mumbled but didn’t move.

Raine and I finished our lunch in silence as we continued to ignore people who tried to sit near us. I wanted to keep things quiet for Amelia, and I think Raine was having the same thought. If a little sleep would help Amelia, I was going to make sure she got it. The thing was, a good lunch would do her a lot more good than a nap.

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