didn’t get involved in popularity politics, so he didn’t care if anyone liked or not. He was just a nice guy.
“Hi Kelen. How are you?”
He patted his large stomach. “Hungry,” he said, and I laughed. “Actualy, I’m surprised to see you here. Did you and Lexi make up?”
I shook my head, and keeping my voice low, said, “No, not hardly. I’m friends with Connor, I guess, so he invited me.”
“Wel, I’m glad to see you. When are you going to come out again? I miss drinking with you.”
Kelen was famous for how much beer he could put away, and we’d always had fun at parties when we’d hung out. I enjoyed watching Kelen throw down. He became funnier with each beer.
“Hi Abby,” came the squeaky voice of Faith Montgomery on my left, puling me away from Kelen.
I gritted my teeth. I really didn’t like Faith. When Alexis and I had been friends, Faith had always tried to weasel her way in. She wanted nothing more than to cal herself Alexis Blaine’s best friend, and now she finaly could. As soon as I was out of the picture, Faith had slid right into that spot and had defended it ever since. I think she thought I was jealous of her or something, but in truth I realy just found her to be annoying.
“Hi Faith, how are you?” I asked politely.
“Oh, I’m good. You know,” she said, as she tossed her curly brown hair over her right shoulder.
I didn’t know, because I didn’t know her anymore, but I nodded, taking her word for it. Faith was a smal girl with long brown curls, caramel skin, wide brown eyes and a heart-shaped face that al put together made her look like a dol. Her high-pitched voice completed the package, and made me like her that much less. It was grating on my ears to listen to her speak.
“Oh, my God, they are so cute together!” Faith gushed to me like we were BFFs. “Don’t you think so?” She was looking at Connor and Alexis. Alexis was popping a grape into his mouth.
I personaly thought it was disgusting, but I appeased her nonetheless. “Sure,” I said, wondering if maybe I’d been too hasty in changing my mind about Connor. I sure liked him better when he wasn’t around Alexis and her friends.
“I just think they are the best couple ever. I’m so glad they got together this summer. It’s just the best! We al just had the best time this summer.”
I counted the number of times she’d used the word ‘best’ in a span of ten seconds and found myself wondering if she knew any other adjectives. Probably not. I also suddenly knew why she was being nice to me. She was defending Alexis’ territory, aka Connor, and I sort of had to relish in the fact that Alexis felt threatened by me. Despite her alegations, I hadn’t ever stolen one of her boyfriends. She just assumed that because she was crazy and thought the world revolved around her.
“Hey good girl,” Jack said, coming up behind me and giving me a quick hug. He made Kelen slide down, so he could sit next to me, landing his greasy slice of pizza next to my apple.
“Hi Jack,” I said, grinning at him. At least he truly liked me.
“You talk to Wy recently?” he asked, taking a big bite of pizza, pepperoni squishing between his teeth. I wasn’t sure how he could chew that much food at once.
“Yeah, last night. You?”
“A few days ago. He seems good – happy, you know?”
I nodded, and smiled. Wyatt was happy – finaly. But my smile faded quickly, as I looked around at al the people who had hurt him, and I started to feel sick. Most of them were sitting at this table. I wondered how Jack could justify being friends with these assholes who hadn’t been kind when they found out Wyatt was gay. Most of them had freaked out and refused to talk to him, but a lot of them had also openly mocked him. It appaled me. Thank God Jack had stood by him.
“I think I’m going to go up there,” Jack said, puling me back to the present.
“To Michigan?”
He nodded. “Yeah, they’ve showed some interest, so
“Hi Kelen. How are you?”
He patted his large stomach. “Hungry,” he said, and I laughed. “Actualy, I’m surprised to see you here. Did you and Lexi make up?”
I shook my head, and keeping my voice low, said, “No, not hardly. I’m friends with Connor, I guess, so he invited me.”
“Wel, I’m glad to see you. When are you going to come out again? I miss drinking with you.”
Kelen was famous for how much beer he could put away, and we’d always had fun at parties when we’d hung out. I enjoyed watching Kelen throw down. He became funnier with each beer.
“Hi Abby,” came the squeaky voice of Faith Montgomery on my left, puling me away from Kelen.
I gritted my teeth. I really didn’t like Faith. When Alexis and I had been friends, Faith had always tried to weasel her way in. She wanted nothing more than to cal herself Alexis Blaine’s best friend, and now she finaly could. As soon as I was out of the picture, Faith had slid right into that spot and had defended it ever since. I think she thought I was jealous of her or something, but in truth I realy just found her to be annoying.
“Hi Faith, how are you?” I asked politely.
“Oh, I’m good. You know,” she said, as she tossed her curly brown hair over her right shoulder.
I didn’t know, because I didn’t know her anymore, but I nodded, taking her word for it. Faith was a smal girl with long brown curls, caramel skin, wide brown eyes and a heart-shaped face that al put together made her look like a dol. Her high-pitched voice completed the package, and made me like her that much less. It was grating on my ears to listen to her speak.
“Oh, my God, they are so cute together!” Faith gushed to me like we were BFFs. “Don’t you think so?” She was looking at Connor and Alexis. Alexis was popping a grape into his mouth.
I personaly thought it was disgusting, but I appeased her nonetheless. “Sure,” I said, wondering if maybe I’d been too hasty in changing my mind about Connor. I sure liked him better when he wasn’t around Alexis and her friends.
“I just think they are the best couple ever. I’m so glad they got together this summer. It’s just the best! We al just had the best time this summer.”
I counted the number of times she’d used the word ‘best’ in a span of ten seconds and found myself wondering if she knew any other adjectives. Probably not. I also suddenly knew why she was being nice to me. She was defending Alexis’ territory, aka Connor, and I sort of had to relish in the fact that Alexis felt threatened by me. Despite her alegations, I hadn’t ever stolen one of her boyfriends. She just assumed that because she was crazy and thought the world revolved around her.
“Hey good girl,” Jack said, coming up behind me and giving me a quick hug. He made Kelen slide down, so he could sit next to me, landing his greasy slice of pizza next to my apple.
“Hi Jack,” I said, grinning at him. At least he truly liked me.
“You talk to Wy recently?” he asked, taking a big bite of pizza, pepperoni squishing between his teeth. I wasn’t sure how he could chew that much food at once.
“Yeah, last night. You?”
“A few days ago. He seems good – happy, you know?”
I nodded, and smiled. Wyatt was happy – finaly. But my smile faded quickly, as I looked around at al the people who had hurt him, and I started to feel sick. Most of them were sitting at this table. I wondered how Jack could justify being friends with these assholes who hadn’t been kind when they found out Wyatt was gay. Most of them had freaked out and refused to talk to him, but a lot of them had also openly mocked him. It appaled me. Thank God Jack had stood by him.
“I think I’m going to go up there,” Jack said, puling me back to the present.
“To Michigan?”
He nodded. “Yeah, they’ve showed some interest, so
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