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“But what if I can’t do it?”
“Of course you can. Aimee’s president this year. You’re in. Don’t you realize how happy I’ll be seeing you two experiencing college together this way? It’ll make your first year so much easier having her there to support you. Now, stop fussing and sign. You’re getting yourself a world-class education for free. It’s a no-brainer.”
She made it sound so easy, yet it’s been anything but.
Frustration builds like a firestorm inside me, and I’m sure Rachel can sense my angst through the phone.
“So… what horrible things are the sorority girls making you do this week?”
I work my jaw to the side and mutter, “Some stupid thing about embarrassing a guy they don’t like.”
“Ew, really? They’re so immature.”
“I know, right?”
“I can’t believe your mom wants you to be one of them.”
“Well, you know Melanie Hyde. I’m pretty sure her life’s mission is to turn me into a mini Megan.”
“A mini her.”
“Meganisher.” I sigh. “Talk about being a black sheep.”
“I happen to love black sheep. They’re my favorite because they stand out from the rest. They’re like the badass sheep. Way cooler than those run-of-the-mill white ones.”
I grin, adjusting my bag while I listen to the world’s nicest person try to make me feel better. Lying down, I rearrange my head until the bag is as close to a comfortable pillow as I can get it.
“I guess I better let you go. Is Theo there?”
“I’m at his place.”
“You staying the night?”
I can picture the blush rising over her cheeks. She only lost her virginity to the guy a few weekends ago, and when she told me about it, she blushed so hard I thought she’d burst a blood vessel in her face.
It was kind of adorable and sounded way better than my first time. I’m happy for her, really I am. I’ve only met Theo over video chat once, but he seems like a nice enough guy, and I did love the way he kept looking at Ray—all loved-up, like she was the prettiest thing he’d ever seen.
Rachel deserves that in her life.
She’s always been so quiet and shy. Never had a serious boyfriend in high school but always wanted one. She’s the girl who read romance novels and pined for true love, always crushing on the hot jocks or the sexy bad boys but never scoring one. And then Theo walked into her life about a week after I moved to Aspen and swept her right off her feet.
He's a few years older than us and would have graduated from high school the year before we started, but I remember his dad cruising the streets in his cop car. He’s a giant of a man, and I wouldn’t say we feared him, but he wasn’t the type you’d wave to as he drove by.
It’s still early days for Rachel and Theo, but she wouldn’t have slept with the guy if she wasn’t feeling it. She told me she loves him and that he said it first, so she has no doubts about their relationship. I didn’t even know it was possible to fall in love so fast, but she tumbled like she was kayaking over a waterfall.
It makes me wonder if I’ll ever feel that strongly about someone.
If I even want it.
Love can be so… unpredictable.
It changes people. I think of how much my mother has changed since getting together with Jarrod, trying to become this perfect girlfriend and slide into this elegant rich world like she wasn’t a single mother struggling to make ends meet.
And then I think about how much I changed when the guy I loved the most walked away from me. The one who was supposed to have my back and watch me grow. The one who was supposed to tell Simon Ekland to take good care of his daughter on prom night. The one who was supposed to attend my graduation ceremony and shout, “Yeah, Mickey Blue!” while raising his hands in the air.
But he wasn’t there.
Because he left us for another woman, and I haven’t seen him since.
