Torched
“But instead I just stared out the window, wondering how I could get myself out of the mess my parents had made.
I jumped when my cell phone began to vibrate across my desk. It was Marijean.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
Hearing her voice made me feel guilty. Marijean and I had been friends so long that we knew each other inside and out. Which was exactly why I had been avoiding her.
“Working on that paper for history.”
“Do you want to come over and work on it here?”
“No, I should stay here a...nd concentrate. I didn’t do that great on the last test, and stupid Tamson said if I didn’t get an A on this paper, I might get a C for the whole class.” I had never gotten a C in anything before.
“A C?” Marijean echoed, stunned. She was a B or C or sometimes even a D student, not because she wasn’t smart, but because she didn’t care that much. But she knew that I cared. “Ellie, what’s wrong with you? Is it your dad? Is it Coyote?”
“I don’t know.” It was all of them, but of course I couldn’t explain.MoreLess
I jumped when my cell phone began to vibrate across my desk. It was Marijean.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
Hearing her voice made me feel guilty. Marijean and I had been friends so long that we knew each other inside and out. Which was exactly why I had been avoiding her.
“Working on that paper for history.”
“Do you want to come over and work on it here?”
“No, I should stay here a...nd concentrate. I didn’t do that great on the last test, and stupid Tamson said if I didn’t get an A on this paper, I might get a C for the whole class.” I had never gotten a C in anything before.
“A C?” Marijean echoed, stunned. She was a B or C or sometimes even a D student, not because she wasn’t smart, but because she didn’t care that much. But she knew that I cared. “Ellie, what’s wrong with you? Is it your dad? Is it Coyote?”
“I don’t know.” It was all of them, but of course I couldn’t explain.MoreLess
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