nearing nine o’clock; I felt exhausted. It felt later; probably because I was up most of the night and early morning.
“You look tired,” Kyleigh observed.
“I’m beat.” I yawned. “Sorry. I think I’m gonna go.” All I wanted was my comfy bed and to close my eyes.
“Me too. Wanna hit the lake tomorrow?” She read my mind. I needed the lake badly. My whole body craved the sun and the water.
“Absolutely I do,” I said with a smile. She hugged me and said, “Text me tomorrow around ten o’clock. I can’t wait.”
We said goodbye, and I headed to my car. I fished my keys out of my purse and noticed my phone light up. There was a missed call from Lily. I dialed Lily’s number first.
“Hey,” Lily answered. It was such a relief to hear her voice.
“Hey back. How are you feeling?”
She sighed. “Hungover and horrible. I meant to call earlier, but I was embarrassed. I was a total idiot last night; I’m so sorry, Sadie.”
I didn’t expect to start crying when I spoke to her, but the exhaustion and fear that I felt after the experience caught up with me. I struggled to form words. I couldn’t talk.
“Sadie, you there?”
“Yeah,” I croaked. “I’m here.”
“You crying?”
“I was really scared last night, Lily. I’d never seen you that way, and I hope I don’t have to ever again,” I forced out.
She took a breath. “Me too. I never meant to upset anyone or scare you. I just wanted to have a good time. Oliver kept handing me shots, and I kept taking them. I should have slowed down.”
Oliver. The jerk. I should have known he was feeding her alcohol.
“Where did he go last night?”
“What do you mean?” she asked.
“Well, I asked him to call 911, and he ran off.”
“I don’t really know. I don’t remember that part. He came over today though. Brought me flowers, isn’t that sweet?” She mused.
Yeah, real freakin’ sweet. I decided not to comment about Oliver until I found out the truth about him. If I had the whole truth about his relationship with Gwynnie, then I could tell Lily about it. The real reason the girl got a restraining order on him and ran away.
“Want to come with me to the lake tomorrow? I’m meeting Kyleigh there,” I said.
“That sounds like fun. What time?”
I told her I’d call her, and we’d find a time. I expressed to her all about Kyleigh and how cool she was. I hoped that if I brought more people and more fun into Lily’s life she’d forget about Oliver.
Nine
I picked Lily up on the way to the lake. She looked so much better than she did the last time I saw her. She looked alive. She looked sober.
“This weather is absolutely perfect for the lake, right?” she mused as she hung her hand out the car window.
“I can’t wait to get some color on these legs.”
She laughed with me at how white my legs were this summer. Normally we were both a golden tan by now. Lily’s color was always a golden tan, thanks to her Hispanic heritage, but I, on the other hand, was pale like a ghost, thanks to my Irish heritage.
“So is your mom mad that you went to the party the other night?” Lily asked. I was stunned by the question. Was my mom mad? How mad were her parents?
“Well, we worked it out. She’s just upset that I wanted to go out and be free. She’s not ready to let go of me just yet,” I said as I turned onto Kyleigh’s street. “She’ll have to deal with it because I plan on doing more things with you this summer … besides the lake.”
Lily’s face flashed with disappointment, but I said nothing in reaction. Was she not looking forward to spending time with me?
I ignored her and looked for Kyleigh’s house, a small blue house with bright yellow shudders. I found it right away. It stood out like a sore thumb in the all-white or tan housed neighborhood she lived in. Her house was the only one with any color. I instantly loved it.
As I pulled in, Kyleigh came running out in an adorable blue polka dot
“You look tired,” Kyleigh observed.
“I’m beat.” I yawned. “Sorry. I think I’m gonna go.” All I wanted was my comfy bed and to close my eyes.
“Me too. Wanna hit the lake tomorrow?” She read my mind. I needed the lake badly. My whole body craved the sun and the water.
“Absolutely I do,” I said with a smile. She hugged me and said, “Text me tomorrow around ten o’clock. I can’t wait.”
We said goodbye, and I headed to my car. I fished my keys out of my purse and noticed my phone light up. There was a missed call from Lily. I dialed Lily’s number first.
“Hey,” Lily answered. It was such a relief to hear her voice.
“Hey back. How are you feeling?”
She sighed. “Hungover and horrible. I meant to call earlier, but I was embarrassed. I was a total idiot last night; I’m so sorry, Sadie.”
I didn’t expect to start crying when I spoke to her, but the exhaustion and fear that I felt after the experience caught up with me. I struggled to form words. I couldn’t talk.
“Sadie, you there?”
“Yeah,” I croaked. “I’m here.”
“You crying?”
“I was really scared last night, Lily. I’d never seen you that way, and I hope I don’t have to ever again,” I forced out.
She took a breath. “Me too. I never meant to upset anyone or scare you. I just wanted to have a good time. Oliver kept handing me shots, and I kept taking them. I should have slowed down.”
Oliver. The jerk. I should have known he was feeding her alcohol.
“Where did he go last night?”
“What do you mean?” she asked.
“Well, I asked him to call 911, and he ran off.”
“I don’t really know. I don’t remember that part. He came over today though. Brought me flowers, isn’t that sweet?” She mused.
Yeah, real freakin’ sweet. I decided not to comment about Oliver until I found out the truth about him. If I had the whole truth about his relationship with Gwynnie, then I could tell Lily about it. The real reason the girl got a restraining order on him and ran away.
“Want to come with me to the lake tomorrow? I’m meeting Kyleigh there,” I said.
“That sounds like fun. What time?”
I told her I’d call her, and we’d find a time. I expressed to her all about Kyleigh and how cool she was. I hoped that if I brought more people and more fun into Lily’s life she’d forget about Oliver.
Nine
I picked Lily up on the way to the lake. She looked so much better than she did the last time I saw her. She looked alive. She looked sober.
“This weather is absolutely perfect for the lake, right?” she mused as she hung her hand out the car window.
“I can’t wait to get some color on these legs.”
She laughed with me at how white my legs were this summer. Normally we were both a golden tan by now. Lily’s color was always a golden tan, thanks to her Hispanic heritage, but I, on the other hand, was pale like a ghost, thanks to my Irish heritage.
“So is your mom mad that you went to the party the other night?” Lily asked. I was stunned by the question. Was my mom mad? How mad were her parents?
“Well, we worked it out. She’s just upset that I wanted to go out and be free. She’s not ready to let go of me just yet,” I said as I turned onto Kyleigh’s street. “She’ll have to deal with it because I plan on doing more things with you this summer … besides the lake.”
Lily’s face flashed with disappointment, but I said nothing in reaction. Was she not looking forward to spending time with me?
I ignored her and looked for Kyleigh’s house, a small blue house with bright yellow shudders. I found it right away. It stood out like a sore thumb in the all-white or tan housed neighborhood she lived in. Her house was the only one with any color. I instantly loved it.
As I pulled in, Kyleigh came running out in an adorable blue polka dot
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