IVACY HIGH #1
Eva's 'perfect' life is disrupted when she's adopted and thrusted rather unexpectedly and quite irrevocably into a whole new world where she encounters new friends, strange lifestyles, catastrophic situations, a dysfunctional sibling...
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EVA "Hi, Axel. "
He exhaled a pent up breath the moment I spoke, his shoulders dropping an inch and I realized, rather surprisingly, that he had been tense. Had he been worried that I would ignore him? Sure, things ended abruptly between us yesterday, but I wasn't a mean person. And not to mention, I was to blame for the awkwardness that ensued after our okay conversation. So where had he gotten that idea?
He closed the distance between us swiftly, lifting my bag from the seat beside me then dropping down on the now empty chair, placing my bag on his lap. Some shuffling ensued before he settled.
Due to lack of space between the arranged chairs, my right leg and his left leg touched, making me painfully aware of the bunched muscles underneath the fabric of his pants. I glanced at him wondering if he noticed. He had his eyes straight forward, oblivious. In fact he looked rather nervous to notice anything, really.
I figured that was a little tell of his. Whenever he was nervous or telling a lie, he would look in another direction, almost as though he couldn't look at me. He'd done it several times before, but I hadn't thought anything of it until now.
"Why aren't you going home? " He still wasn't facing me and I almost wanted to ignore him. Pretend I didn't know I was the one he was talking to, but that would be really foolish of me because there was no one else in sight —at least within hearing distance.
Disappointed at myself for thinking childishly, I replied, tilting my chin in the general direction of the Arts building. "I'm waiting for Abi. "
"And Zoe. " He supplied.
I shook my head, momentarily forgetting that he wasn't looking at me. He caught the gesture anyway and turned to face me.
"Is she in the car already? " He asked doubtfully, his eyes scanning the car park, assessing the cars one by one. It dawned on me that he was trying to find our car. As if he would know it.
"She doesn't go home with us. " At his raised brows, I clarified, "She does come home. But not with me and Abi. I think she drives. " Although I'd never seen her car in school. Like now, her car wasn't in the car pack.
Did she Uber?
I dismissed the thought immediately it entered my mind. Zoe didn't seem like the Uber sort. Maybe she had her car parked somewhere else or maybe she shared a ride with someone. Both ideas seemed far-fetched but I didn't know what else to think.
"That's odd. " Axel noted. "Why doesn't she go with you? " When I just shrugged, he asked. "Does she do extra lessons? "
"No. "
"Then why not just go home with you guys? "
"I don't know. " The words came out in a clipped, harsh tone that I instantly regretted. Why was I so edgy?
