AVERY nodded to herself and left, typing out a quick message to Elena. I know Lucas told you what’s going on. Can we talk about it? Please don’t tell anyone else.
Elena’s response came disturbingly quickly, almost as if she’d just been waiting to have this talk. What the hell, Avery?
Avery winced. I’m sorry. I didn’t want to hide it all.
You mean to say that you are that girl Lucas saw at the field at night, who is apparently really good at soccer, that we’ve been talking about for months? That the whole school has been talking about for months? Her texts kept coming with frightening speed. The one all my hopes of having a good team have been hanging on?
It sounded so bad when she put it that way.
And you couldn’t even tell us? Just me and Lucas? Did you think we were going to tell an
