Otherwise her boyfriend is going to see a lot more of me than she’d like.”
“Yes, and she’d better be right about them not going seethrough when they get wet. Did some amazing friend finally take pity and buy you grown-up stuff?” They’d been together ever since.Īs Serena swam back toward me, I stripped to my bra and panties, dropping my clothes into the bushes below. I liked him, but not the way Serena did, so I’d fixed the game so she’d win. Then, last year, there’d been a school dance where the girls were supposed to invite the guys, and Serena thought we should draw straws to see who asked Daniel. Daniel was supposed to join us.ĭaniel and I had been friends since I’d moved to Salmon Creek when I was five. I basked in the morning sun, drinking in the rich, late-summer air and the perfect view of the crystal-clear lake, the distant snow-capped mountains, the endless evergreens.Īs Serena swam to the middle of the lake, I squinted over at the path, looking for a familiar blond head. This was the part I liked, just sitting on the rock ledge, bare feet dangling. Serena was the swimmer-captain of the school team. “Your turn, Maya!” I flipped her the finger. It was, as usual, an effort worthy of the Olympics, and she sliced into the water so smoothly that barely a ripple pinged across the glassy surface.
She bounced there, blond ponytail bobbing, cheeks puffing. “For God’s sake, Seri,” I said, “just dive already.” Serena stuck out her tongue and shifted closer to the edge, toes wrapping around it. SERENA STOOD ON THE rock ledge twenty feet above the lake, singing in a voice known to bring tears to the eyes of everyone who heard it.
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