“He wanted to remind me of our date tonight.” I said to her before I thought about it, making me turn to look at her, before I asked her, “Are you going to be okay tonight without me? I can cancel our date, if not.”
“No, go. I will be fine. I have to work at the Diner tonight anyhow.”
“Are you sure?” I asked her once again, thinking that it was inconsiderate of me not to think about her and her well-being after everything that she had been through this week.
Pushing off the locker next to mine, Mazie places her hand on my shoulder before she says to me, “Raven, I am fine. Besides, I think my parents are coming home tonight. If it makes you feel any better, I will have Cash take me home from the Diner tonight.”
I don’t know why at that moment I felt a pinch of jealousy, thinking about h
