The Worst of Me (2010)
“Jonah didn’t phone or email or text. And neither did I. But I’d been the one who walked away, so I had to assume I still had a say in what happened. I wanted to call Ian to tell him there might be a problem, but it was too embarrassing. Maybe Jonah had never intended to talk to Ian. Or, while we were arguing, maybe he thought he would, but then later thought better of it. If I phoned Ian and said, ‘Jonah is mad at you,’ I’d be embarrassing Jonah and sending a message to Ian about the state of m...y relationship. I’d be doing something worse than that, too: taking sides.
I was late for school the next day, only persuading myself at the last minute that I had to go. I didn’t have anyone to talk to that I knew for sure would want to talk to me. As soon as I arrived I headed for the loos and waited there till registration – because I lived so close there was only a few minutes to go. I stared at my reflection, glad there was nobody else in there. The strip lighting showed up every flaw, every hair and freckle and spot, the tiny black beetles of flaking mascara under my eyes, my dry, cracking lips.MoreLess
I was late for school the next day, only persuading myself at the last minute that I had to go. I didn’t have anyone to talk to that I knew for sure would want to talk to me. As soon as I arrived I headed for the loos and waited there till registration – because I lived so close there was only a few minutes to go. I stared at my reflection, glad there was nobody else in there. The strip lighting showed up every flaw, every hair and freckle and spot, the tiny black beetles of flaking mascara under my eyes, my dry, cracking lips.MoreLess
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