ELENA, indeed, kept her promise to introduce Avery to her friends.
As soon as Avery got to school the next day, making her usually way to her cousins’ lockers and getting all their books—even Jamie’s, because they’d agreed it was best for him to lay low for a while—Elena popped up.
“Hey,” she said, looking straight at Avery.
“Elena!” Jayden said, a very fake grin coming over his face. “How nice to see you here? Did Lucas send you with a message for us?”
Elena ignored him entirely. “Avery, come on. Remember what I said yesterday?”
Avery had, in fact, forgotten, given the debacle of last night, so she only gave Elena a quizzical look.
Elena sighed and turned to her cousins. “Carry your own books, Avery’s coming with me.”
“What?” Jayden spluttered.
“What’s going on?”
Avery turned to
