When I Find Her by Bridges Kate

Author:Bridges, Kate [Bridges, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult time travel romance
Publisher: Kate Bridges
Published: 2015-05-12T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

The following morning is one of the worst. I hate giving bad news to good friends.

“That damn Gary!” Vlad shouts while we’re standing on his backyard deck. It’s Saturday, real time. I said goodbye to Jennifer last night slightly before my six hours were up, had an uneventful sleep, and woke up two hours ago. I just explained what I suspect Gary did to Vlad’s shoe during the basketball game. Vlad’s livid. His face and neck bulge. “I knew he had something to do with it! He used his knife?”

“I saw it in his hand. I can’t prove it, but let me see your shoe.”

“I’ll get my gym bag.” Vlad stomps into his garage.

Time traveling might be taking its toll on me. My eyes strain. The ache in my ribs, which wasn’t with me last night when I time traveled, flares. I still haven’t told anyone about it. I press my fingers into my side and the pain subsides. I’m tired. And the dizziness…

Vlad returns with his gym bag and the sliced shoe. We examine the evidence.

“Right here,” says Vlad, “the threads are sliced. You can see it. He sliced the tongue to get it started, and the strain when I jumped to shoot must’ve ripped the shoe apart.”

Vlad kicks a deck chair. The cushion flings into the air and flops onto the grass. “What kind of a person does something like this? To his own teammate?” He blasts obscenities and leaps away to toss his shoe into the trees, but I stop him.

“Let me take some photos.”

“What for?”

“I don’t know yet.”

I pull out my cell phone and click. “How’s your ankle?”

“Fine, but he could’ve broken it with his cruel stunt.”

“I’m glad he didn’t.”

Vlad swears some more. His tirade goes on for five more minutes, and I don’t blame him. I sit on the deck. My ribs appreciate that I remain seated and quiet until he’s finished.

“What do we do now?” says Vlad.

“Are you calm enough to pay Gary a visit?”

The veins on his throat bulge. “If I saw him right now, I might kill him.”

“Oh, man. Okay, then eat something first.”

“Are you kidding me?”

“Eat something. It always calms you down.”

Vlad runs his hand through his hair. “Should we talk to the coach about this?”

“That’s your call. But Gary first.”

Vlad slides open his patio door and we enter the kitchen. His parents aren’t home, they’re working. “Want some cereal?”

“Nah, go ahead.” I spot his laptop on the table as he makes himself a bowl. “Mind if I use this?”

“Go ahead. Boot it up.”

I sit down. My dizziness fades. The soreness in my ribs simmers to a light throb.

Vlad seems to notice that something’s not right. “You okay?”

“I’ll be fine. I found out last night that Jennifer’s mother knows someone in Hawaii. In Waikiki.”

Vlad’s eyes narrow at me over a box of Vampire Chunks cereal. “You were with her again last night? Last year?”

I shrug. It does sound crazy.

“What kind of medication do they give you when you’re in remission?” Vlad asks nonchalantly, but I know he’s serious.

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