Nine Days (Unfrozen Four Book 1)

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Sure, Lily fakes smiles, but who doesn’t? No matter how hard she tries with faking a smile, she can’t fake a genuine laughter. Aaron eyes me. Disgust is written all over his face, but there is more. Something he doesn’t want to talk about. Clearly Lily is a topic he does not like to discuss, and I respect that. But if there is some kind of relationship between them, maybe he should know about her condition. “Is she an ex-girlfriend? Someone important to you?” I ask. Aaron shakes his head and walks away from us. Unfortunately, Winter is a self-centered person. She only cares about herself. And if she does “care” about someone else, it’s only up until she can turn it all about herself again. Good an hour passes and we’re finally in New York City. Well, literally. Not just the state. St. Trewery is located in New City, New York. Our college is actually only a one-and-a-half-hour car drive away from Manhattan.

Instead of reading it myself, perhaps I should hand this notebook over to the counselor. What do I do?

See a Problem?

The door to my room swings open in a swift move. It’s so fast, I barely even see it until I hear the thud it creates when the door slams into my desk. Let’s pray my door didn’t get any damage from that. He has always been protective of me. Always made sure the guys I’ve been with weren’t some criminals. Your friend is gross,” I tell Aaron. He bobs his head in agreement, watching Colin flirt with yet another girl. “But so are you. You do the exact same thing.” From our friend Mia, I know that Winter secretly thinks I look dead ninety per cent of the time she sees me. Which is why I hate Winter’s pity compliments.

Can’t really tell you guys the deal with her. But we’re not a thing, nor will we ever be, trust me on that. But don’t you dare touch her, dude.” His voice is strict, still has the slightest amount of discomfort in it. I’m late, so I shouldn’t waste any more time thinking about being late. Instead, I should just walk right into the classroom.

Actually, I have no idea why that is. I’m not much of a physics girl. I don’t understand most of it, so I ignore it. You won’t.” I’m not sure why he is so convinced of that. “If anything, you will get send straight to heaven for fighting against whatever makes you want to die.” Aaron furrows his eyebrows. Something about his expression screams “discomfort.” He doesn’t like the idea of me hitting her up. Maybe their relationship goes deeper than I thought. “Don’t think she would want you to have it.” Despite my body slowly calming down, I still find it hard to breathe, hard to feel the air fill my lungs.

I can’t believe she would do that to you. I mean, she knows how much skating means to you. She knows how much you love it.” And now I feel guilty. I hate lying to him. But I can’t tell him the truth. Maybe I will tell him someday. In his letter, for instance. I never believed in all that. I never believed in the theory of a soul always staying and just wandering into other bodies to collect as much experience as possible. Wishing someone to die is not okay. Not ever. No matter how deep your hatred goes. It’s never okay to wish for someone to die.But the worst bit, even if Winter, my best friend, is mad at me. As a friend, you don’t tell the other person they’re better off dead. In fact, you don’t ever say those words to anyone.

I’m not even surprised to see that everything is so organized in here, with nametags and all the fancy mason jars. They have probably ten to fifteen different kinds of noodles in here, all tagged with their names. Being mortified after that would be an understatement. I wanted to sink into the floor, die right there on the spot. We would love to, Mamá,” Colin answers immediately. I’m not even hungry, but I guess that’s on my agenda now. For most of my life, I was excited to meet him Sundays. I loved our skate-dates. Though, they were never dates, and it is kind of weird that I refer to them as such. They’re not dates. Never were. I can do it, if you want,” Aaron offers. That’s weird. Aaron never does anything for a girl, not since his ex-girlfriend fiasco anyway. Winter, was it. God, of course. Aaron knows Lily. He was dating her best friend after all.But what if the one drunken night they had turns into something more than just a hookup? A baby, for instance. I call bullshit, Lily.” Of course she does. Just like everyone else at this college, Winter has no idea that Aaron and I are related. “He is totally cheating on me with you. My best friend. You’re not supposed to screw guys I’m in love with.” I didn’t plan on leaving my room again for today, but I guess meeting up with Aaron won’t be too bad. I always loved catching up with him. And I always have a good time whenever we’re together. It’s like I forget all my pain for a moment. He makes me happy, so why wouldn’t I grab a coffee with him?