vnNeSsa1 by Lane Tracey

Author:Lane Tracey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-06-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The only downside to the past few weeks with Victor is my friends feel neglected and that bothers me. Lily and Jennifer didn’t notice my absence at first. Their parents visited, one after the other, keeping them fully occupied. But when their families left and I was always busy, they wondered what was going on. Tink could never go out either, so they figured the two of us were getting together and not including them. Lily confronted me about it. I just apologized without telling her the whole story.

Even right now, guilt is written plainly on my face in the mirror. It’s an hour before the show and hardly anyone is in the dressing room. Why not just tell Lily that I’m with Victor? Because she’s too close to Jennifer. And what’s Tink been doing? It’s a good thing we’re going out tonight so I can talk to her.

These random thoughts are filling my head as I automatically go through the routine of putting on make-up. It takes several moments to realize that someone is standing behind me. My eyes travel up from my reflection to meet the intent stare of Jennifer. A smile stops before it reaches my lips when I see her look isn’t friendly.

“I’ve been meaning to ask you something, Savannah,” she begins, her tone as cold as her expression.

“Mmhmm?” I go back to applying eyeliner. Uh oh, here we go.

“Lily thinks you were with Tink all those times we wanted to go out and you weren’t around. But, I was wondering, was it maybe Vic you were with instead of Tink?” Jennifer asks with a smile that doesn’t reach her narrowed eyes. “Lily thinks I’m being silly because she says Vic is too old for you,” she adds, nastily.

I feel like the wind’s been knocked out of me. The age thing again. Several beats of awkward silence pass as I struggle to control my emotions.

“Jennifer, you’re being ridiculous. It’s none of your business who I’ve been with,” I say, too loud, as usual. Several heads turn in our direction, ears tuned for a fight. Embarrassed, I get up and head down the line of girls, trying to escape the dressing room. Jennifer is right behind me.

“So I’m right. You were with him,” she says in front of everyone before we’re out the door.

I whirl on her, brandishing the eyeliner still clutched in my fingers. “I didn’t say that. I said it’s none of your business who I’m with!” It’s a mystery why I still want to be friends with this girl. But the thought of losing any one of my friends hurts in a way I can’t explain.

“I’ve told you to stay away from him!” she yells, her voice hoarse, face contorting. The other dancers are silent, staring. I nearly run from the room. She follows me down the hall toward the boys’ dressing room. Ian is headed our way.

“They can probably hear you guys out in the house,” he says cheerfully, implying that even the audience is listening in on our fight.

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