Weekend Girl, #1 by Alex Powell

Author:Alex Powell [Powell, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBTQIA+, Canada, alloromantic, aromantic, agender, pansexual, genderfluid, college, sexual harassment, manties, cross-dressing, transgender, #ownvoices, new adult
Publisher: NineStar Press, LLC
Published: 2021-06-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Ash skipped class for the first time ever. They felt their anxiety rising as they stared at their phone, counting down the minutes until class started. Until Nolan realized that Ash wasn’t coming. Ash hated themself just a little bit as they stared at the digits on their phone indicating the start of class.

Their phone pinged. They dropped it in surprise.

Nolan: Guess I won’t see you today, huh?

Nolan’s text message seemed to glare at Ash accusingly. Ash grimaced and turned the phone over. Ignoring Nolan was harder than it seemed.

They got up off their bed and half-heartedly stripped and climbed into the shower. The hot water brought no relief at all to their anxiety. Getting into their boy clothes didn’t help either. They walked down the stairs and to the bus stop. They took the bus alone, remembering how Nolan had met them that first day.

They walked from downtown Vancouver all the way to the sea wall. Gulls soared overhead, and the dark waters of the Pacific lapped against stone. They stared out at the ocean, wondering what exactly they were supposed to do now.

This mess was not Nolan’s fault. He did not deserve any part of this entire stupid situation. This was Ash’s fault. They were the ridiculous one who’d caused this catastrophe. Bei Bei was right; they should have just told Nolan in the first place. Then Nolan could have reassured them that it wasn’t a big deal.

Instead, Ash had run away, revealing just how much of a coward they were. How could they face Nolan now? They couldn’t just go up to Nolan and admit to his face that they thought Nolan wouldn’t accept them as they were. They would have to say that with the direct evidence that Nolan had never held any such prejudice at all and in fact had liked Ash the entire time, knowing that Ash sometimes dressed as a woman.

They viciously kicked a rock across the path, and it bounced away. They shoved their hands in their pockets and scrunched their eyes shut.

What a fool they were.

They were mentally punching themself when a voice said, “What are you doing here?”

Evie stood on the sea wall path, holding an umbrella over her head. Ash blinked. While they had been deep in contemplation, it had started raining.

“Evie,” they said.

“You look rough,” she said. “What the hell are you doing here without a coat or umbrella?”

“I—” Ash said, then shrugged. “I have no idea, honestly.”

“Are you messing it up with Nolan already?” she demanded.

They very definitely were. Ash shrugged and said nothing.

“Ugh, you’re a fool,” Evie said. “What did you do?”

“I lied to him,” said Ash. “I lied to him, and it turned out he knew the entire time and didn’t care, and instead of being happy, I fucking ran away.”

“Classic Ash,” Evie said. Ash winced. “What did you lie about?”

Just what Ash needed. Explaining to their ex-girlfriend that, actually, they weren’t a man and that Evie had in fact dated a part-time girl. Ash stammered out an explanation, staring at their feet.

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