like the idea, but I didn’t think she’d dismiss it with such finality right away. “Please. Tell me how you really feel.”
“Hey, if you need a healthy dose of reality check, I’m going to give you one.”
“No, what I need and deserve is a shot.”
“Not like that you don’t. Or did you miss the part where I said it can’t be done. Binding is one thing to one thing. That’s it. There isn’t room for you in their comfy cozy little world.”
“Fine. Great. It was just an idea.”
“A freaking terrible one.”
I dug my nails into the skin of my upper arms. Jennie was never one to hold back, but this was too harsh. I’d come up with a viable alternative. Surely, if Drake’s eyes were even open to me, he’d remember what he said to me and how much I meant to him.
A hand touched my shoulder. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said it like that, but it’s absolutely impossible and I don’t want you to think for one second that it can happen.”
“It’s fine.”
She sat up and pulled at my arm to make me look at her. “Can I ask why Drake is so important? I don’t think it’s great that he’s being forced to be with someone against his will either, but that’s because I know. He doesn’t. Clearly, he’s ignorant of the fact that he liked you or anyone else for that matter besides Marlene. So, why can’t we go on letting him be happy? You saw him in the diner. He’s absolutely shining with how happy he is. It was cute, actually. If you like that kind of thing.”
He was happy. That was clear. Part of me hoped he was miserable inside, pining away for me. What if he was a prisoner in his own body? From the outside, he was fine, happy, but inside, he knew what he was doing was wrong. Was it awful that I felt that way?
Probably.
“It’s not right.”
“Okay. I’ll give you that. Just don’t try to come up with anymore bright ideas about how to fix it. Let me work on it. I’ll come up with something.”
“Don’t forget about Travis. He said he’d help now.”
“Trust me. I won’t forget about Travis. He won’t let me. Did I mention he almost followed me into the freaking bathroom this morning?”
I laughed. Besides Drake, Jennie was the closest person to me. I trusted her. If she said it couldn’t be done, it couldn’t be done.
CHAPTER SIX
Again, I was in the backseat of Travis’s Jeep as he drove toward Pentagram Park. Jennie peered around the headrest and smiled. “I told you I’d think of a good plan.”
Jennie’s plan involved, Travis, me, Pentagram Park, and an awesome locator spell.
My body thrummed with electricity. This could be it. This could be the night I’d get my answer to how to unbind Drake from Marlene. I even had to admit Jennie’s plan was way smarter than my whole bind-me-with-Drake plan. Now that I thought about it, it did sound like a terrible idea. What if I woke up and realized I didn’t want to be bound to Drake anymore? My mom sure as hell never stayed attached to one guy for long. Not that I thought I was anything like my mom, but I was seventeen. Lots of things could happen between seventeen and the rest of my life.
“Yeah, you’re a real genius,” Travis said. “I told Mom and Dad to name you Einstein.”
I laughed and Jennie shot me and her brother a look. “Oh, suck it. No one asked you.”
“Let’s not forget who the real hero of this plan is. Me. Sarah has no magical powers and you, dear sister, are barely any stronger.
“Whose fault is that?”
Travis’s jaw tightened. Jennie flopped back in her seat. The rush of air that had electrified the inside of the Jeep moments before was sucked out by a vacuum. I needed to know what the hell happened between these two.
“Do you guys ever plan on telling me what you’re not telling me?”
“No,” they both said in unison.
“Well, that’s fantastic.”
Travis drummed his hands against the steering wheel.
“Hey, if you need a healthy dose of reality check, I’m going to give you one.”
“No, what I need and deserve is a shot.”
“Not like that you don’t. Or did you miss the part where I said it can’t be done. Binding is one thing to one thing. That’s it. There isn’t room for you in their comfy cozy little world.”
“Fine. Great. It was just an idea.”
“A freaking terrible one.”
I dug my nails into the skin of my upper arms. Jennie was never one to hold back, but this was too harsh. I’d come up with a viable alternative. Surely, if Drake’s eyes were even open to me, he’d remember what he said to me and how much I meant to him.
A hand touched my shoulder. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said it like that, but it’s absolutely impossible and I don’t want you to think for one second that it can happen.”
“It’s fine.”
She sat up and pulled at my arm to make me look at her. “Can I ask why Drake is so important? I don’t think it’s great that he’s being forced to be with someone against his will either, but that’s because I know. He doesn’t. Clearly, he’s ignorant of the fact that he liked you or anyone else for that matter besides Marlene. So, why can’t we go on letting him be happy? You saw him in the diner. He’s absolutely shining with how happy he is. It was cute, actually. If you like that kind of thing.”
He was happy. That was clear. Part of me hoped he was miserable inside, pining away for me. What if he was a prisoner in his own body? From the outside, he was fine, happy, but inside, he knew what he was doing was wrong. Was it awful that I felt that way?
Probably.
“It’s not right.”
“Okay. I’ll give you that. Just don’t try to come up with anymore bright ideas about how to fix it. Let me work on it. I’ll come up with something.”
“Don’t forget about Travis. He said he’d help now.”
“Trust me. I won’t forget about Travis. He won’t let me. Did I mention he almost followed me into the freaking bathroom this morning?”
I laughed. Besides Drake, Jennie was the closest person to me. I trusted her. If she said it couldn’t be done, it couldn’t be done.
CHAPTER SIX
Again, I was in the backseat of Travis’s Jeep as he drove toward Pentagram Park. Jennie peered around the headrest and smiled. “I told you I’d think of a good plan.”
Jennie’s plan involved, Travis, me, Pentagram Park, and an awesome locator spell.
My body thrummed with electricity. This could be it. This could be the night I’d get my answer to how to unbind Drake from Marlene. I even had to admit Jennie’s plan was way smarter than my whole bind-me-with-Drake plan. Now that I thought about it, it did sound like a terrible idea. What if I woke up and realized I didn’t want to be bound to Drake anymore? My mom sure as hell never stayed attached to one guy for long. Not that I thought I was anything like my mom, but I was seventeen. Lots of things could happen between seventeen and the rest of my life.
“Yeah, you’re a real genius,” Travis said. “I told Mom and Dad to name you Einstein.”
I laughed and Jennie shot me and her brother a look. “Oh, suck it. No one asked you.”
“Let’s not forget who the real hero of this plan is. Me. Sarah has no magical powers and you, dear sister, are barely any stronger.
“Whose fault is that?”
Travis’s jaw tightened. Jennie flopped back in her seat. The rush of air that had electrified the inside of the Jeep moments before was sucked out by a vacuum. I needed to know what the hell happened between these two.
“Do you guys ever plan on telling me what you’re not telling me?”
“No,” they both said in unison.
“Well, that’s fantastic.”
Travis drummed his hands against the steering wheel.
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