Blood Rush (The Lost Witch Trilogy #2) by Katie Lee O'Guinn Read Free Book Online Page B

I’m giving Charlie a ride home after school. Meet me at my jeep if you want to join us,” he said with a smile. He reached out and grabbed a strand of red wavy hair between his two fingers, pulling it gently before turning and walking away from her.
    Sarah swallowed a few times as the door shut behind him, leaving her completely alone in the deserted hallway.
    She turned and walked slowly towards her classroom, knowing that her face was white and that she was breathing faster than normal. She glanced out the window longingly and wished with all her heart that she could just walk out of school and run somewhere, anywhere to get rid of this day. To get rid of these feelings. But instead she walked into her class room, five minutes late and apologized to her teacher. She was yelled at for a few minutes in front of everyone, but strangely wasn’t sent to the office. She made her way to the back of the class room and slumped down in a corner seat, letting her head fall into her hands. She immediately zoned out the lecture on triglycerides and ran over everything in her head over and over again.
    Whichever way she looked at it, Zane was hanging out with Charlie after school. She had been invited to join them, but the invitation hadn’t seemed very sincere. Zane acted as if he was just being polite. As if he didn’t want her there intruding on his time with Charlie.
    Sarah blinked and realized that a couple tears were leaking out of the sides of her eyes. She sniffed and wiped her face before anyone noticed. She stared out the window at the gray, depressing clouds and wondered what to do. Zane just wasn’t acting normal. She was going to join them whether or not Charlie or Zane wanted her there or not. Something was going on.

Chapter 6 - Kicked to the Curb
     
     
    Sarah leaned up against the jeep with a bright friendly smile pasted on her face. Lash walked up to her and leaned on the jeep facing her.
    “So what’s with your impression of a mannequin?” he asked with a half-smile.
    Sarah let her face relax for a moment as she scanned the parking lot for Zane and Charlie.
    “This is how I always look Lash. I’m just a really happy, confident kind of person,” she said looking and feeling miserable.
    Sarah caught sight of Zane and Charlie and tried valiantly to smile again. It was hard though when she could tell Zane’s hand was on Charlie’s back. Her teeth started to grind together and her eyebrows came together, but her smile stayed in place.
    Lash’s eyebrows rose and he turned to see what had caught her attention. “ Wow .”
    Sarah cleared her throat and tried to calm herself. “Yeah, wow is a good word for it,” she muttered.
    Lash turned to face her again looking puzzled. “Something you forgot to mention to me Sarah? Like you and Zane breaking up?”
    Sarah clenched her hands and looked at Lash miserably. “I’m not really sure what’s going on Lash.”
    Lash slid off the jeep and moved to stand beside Sarah as Zane and Charlie reached them.
    “Hey guys,” Zane said, smiling at them both.
    Charlie walked more slowly towards them, her eyes glued to Sarah’s face. She had a small triumphant smile on her face. “Hi Sarah. I heard you got really mad at Zane because he took me out to lunch today. Sorry about that. We were going to invite you to join us, but I guess we forgot,” she said with a little laugh.
    Sarah’s friendly smile faded into a scowl as she glared at Charlie. She couldn’t fake this. She just couldn’t. There was no way she could spend a whole afternoon in Charlie’s company trading insults. She would end up killing her or being killed.
    Sarah ignored Charlie and looked up at Zane who was looking tense all of a sudden.
    “Are we together or not Zane? Because if we are, I don’t want you around her. I don’t want you hanging out with her. I don’t want you associating with her. She’s a human virus.”
    Zane blinked a few times and looked at his feet without saying anything. He