Why Me? : A Possessive High School Romance (Young Adult Version) by Silva Hart

Author:Silva Hart [Hart, Silva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Happy Knack Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-08-07T05:00:00+00:00

After an uneventful weekend at the gym, I’m back at school. Anna slouches to her desk in homeroom, sits, and lays her head on her arms.

In the hall, Lexi appears at my side. “So, a little birdie told me you were at the game Friday night, Mr. I-Don’t-Watch-Football.”

“Who says I was watching football?” I give her a grin that lets her know what I was watching.

This makes her look so happy, I swear light beams are going to shoot from her eyes Superman-style.

“You guys were great. You made the stuff you were doing look easy,” I say at the risk of making her burst apart completely.

“Thanks.” Her smile couldn’t be broader as she floats into her class.

In the dugout during lunch, Anna says, “I still don’t understand why those guys had to do that Friday night. Everything was fine. Now, it would be awkward to go to Carlton’s again.”

“You didn’t go there all weekend?”

She shakes her head. “The only thing I could do to get out of the house all weekend was go on long walks.”

“You could have called me.”

She shrugs. “I didn’t have your number.”

“You want it?”

“No, that’s okay.”

My insides twist at the rejection. Who says no to exchanging numbers? Most people who are friends have each other’s numbers. What the hell do I rank as if not even a friend? Am I just a cigarette dispenser to her? Is that it?

After school, Anna is waiting by the Mustang. I hide my surprise. Once in the seat, she pulls a cigarette out of my pack in the center console and lights it. I chew on the inside of my cheek. If she’s going to take my smokes without asking, the least she can do is light one for me too.

She stares out the window at the barren trees and concrete landscape. “Everything here is so dingy. In California, it’s open and sunny, everything is bright and clean. I keep trying to reconcile what I’ve seen my whole life with what I see now. Sometimes I’ll catch glimpses of home; the way sunlight reflects off a plate-glass window or flowers blooming in someone’s front yard. But then it goes away. I keep struggling to recapture it …” she trails off, running her hands through her hair. “It’s exhausting, you know?”

I nod without really knowing. This grungy Philly suburb is the only place I’ve ever known. “Your mom any better?” I ask.

Anna sighs. “Not really. I mean, she unpacked everything at least. That was her manic phase. Now, she’s just depressed. I can’t stand being around her.”

“Why did you guys move here anyway?”

“My mom. She always goes for the wrong type of guys. The last one lasted the longest. He was a doctor and everything she ever wanted. We lived in his huge house in California with a pool and everything. I thought they’d get married. I think she thought so too.”

She’s quiet for so long, I don’t know if I’ll get the rest of the story. And I want it. Maybe it will give me a clue as to why she acts the way she does.

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