Winter Games #12 by Melissa J. Morgan

Author:Melissa J. Morgan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Social Issues, Girls & Women, Choice (Psychology), Juvenile Fiction, Reunions, Choice, General, Fiction, Friendship, Blogs, Adolescence
ISBN: 9781599615080
Publisher: Spotlight
Published: 2006-11-22T11:00:00+00:00

Any way Sarah looked at it, the reunion weekend was off to an awful start. As planned, she stepped off the train at Penn Station on Friday night to meet the rest of the girls a full day ahead of the official camp reunion and get a head start on the fun. She was sure she’d be able to fix everything with Abby as soon as she got to New York. But nothing had gone according to her plans.

Mia, the CIT from Bunk 4A and one of the chaperones for the weekend, had picked her up from the station alone—no Abby in tow. While all the other Lakeview girls were ecstatic to see Sarah, and the counselors who were chaperoning at the hotel—Andie, Becky, and Sophie—gave her huge hugs, too, Abby stayed hidden in the room she was sharing with Priya and Valerie.

“You’re rooming with me and Brynn,” Alex had explained to Sarah. “Mia had you and Abby listed as roommates when we all first got here, but . . .” She shrugged awkwardly. “Abby’s still pretty upset.”

“Oh,” Sarah said, her heart sinking. “Okay.” She tried to smile brightly, not wanting to make Alex or Brynn feel bad. But she’d been hoping against hope that maybe Abby had requested a room with her earlier in the day. No such luck.

Now she was suffering through what was supposed to be a fab Thai dinner with her camp friends, but was more like a doom and gloom disaster. This was their first big night on the town; they’d gotten discount tickets to see the Off Broadway show Stomp! after dinner. But even with all the great stuff the counselors had planned for them, none of the girls seemed to be having a good time.

Abby had chosen to sit at the end of the table farthest away from Sarah. Every time Sarah tried to make eye contact with her, Abby made a point of looking the other way. Priya tried to get a good conversation going by talking about Riley, her new crush at home, but nobody seemed all that interested. And Valerie tried to liven things up by reading Teen magazine’s “50 Most Embarrassing Celeb Moments” out loud while everyone ate, but nobody giggled, even a little, at one of J-Lo’s wardrobe malfunctions.

“I think this will be the first time I’ve eaten food I can identify with Lakeview campers,” Sarah said, trying to lighten the mood.

It seemed to work momentarily, because Alex giggled. “That’s one of my favorite parts of the reunion. As Nat would say, it’s Camp Lakeview without the Lakepuke part.”

A few of the other girls laughed, too, but Sarah noticed that at the mention of Nat’s name, some of the light blinked out in their eyes.

“Nat can be such a prima donna sometimes,” Chelsea snipped. “We’re lucky she’s not here. And the other girls in Tahoe for that matter, too. We don’t need them.”

Karen stared at her plate, looking close to tears. “But it’s not the same without them.”

“Yeah,” Alex said.

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