Imagine by Christiane Shoenhair, Liam McEvilly Read Free Book Online

just screamed May at us as soon as we saw it displayed in the window of the jewelers. The friendly lady who owned the store placed them into a satin box and into a black gift bag for us. We paid half each towards them, as they were pretty expensive, but worth it.
    We both bounce with excitement as we walked around the rest of the stores, knowing that May will love her gift. Nevada City is a small town, everyone here is so friendly. This is the only town like this though; I haven’t had too many good experiences with the people elsewhere in California. It seems like everyone is always in a hurry and no one has time to be friendly, say hello or ask how you are. It’s nowhere near as bad as New York though, that’s one crazy city.
    As we drive back to school , sipping on milkshakes from Dave’s, I am reminded of how beautiful California is; I can see why some people move here and never leave. There is so much to do, a little bit of everything. You have the incredible, sunny weather for starters, the ocean and its beautiful coastal roads, the mountains to go skiing or snowboarding and lots of cool cities. Literally cool cities, if the weather is too warm then people flock to San Francisco, where it is much milder because it is surrounded by the bay.
    All of the roads here are always busy too, when Mom and I used to go on our road trips, even when we would drive through the night, we would be just one of many cars. I miss her. Since the text message I haven’t heard from her at all, I guess the ball is now firmly in my court with that one.
    We head straight to May’s room when we get back . All of our dorm rooms look alike but hers is covered in balloons and streamers today. It is her eighteenth birthday after all. The other three girls are already hanging out in Mays room so I hand May her present and she thanks both of us with a big hug.
    Before we sit down the girls declare that we are playing Truth or Dare first. Seeing as though it’s May’s birt hday, we all agree that she gets to pick on someone first and then that person chooses the next victim. She seems to think about her choice before pointing straight at Kristina "Kristina! Truth or Dare?"
    "I like living on the edge, so let’s go with Dare." Is h er reply, without any kind of a pause. Everyone squeals with excitement.
    "Hmm, strip down to your underwear, run down the hal lway and hug the first person that you run into" May dares her. Kristina gets up and peels off her clothes without even thinking twice. Beneath her jeans and tee-shirt are boy shorts and a sports bra, she must’ve been expecting to do something like this or was already wearing her clothes for bed.
    Kristina is not  bashful in the least, and why should she be? She’s an Amazon woman; about five foot eight tall, with the build of a soccer player and long dirty blonde hair. She has a pretty face too, high cheekbones and gorgeous hazelnut colored eyes. She throws open the door and proudly, with head held high, walks out into the corridor. The rest of us pile up in the doorway to watch her. There are several people in the hallway and Kristina gets a few cat-calls from some of the guys hanging out but instead of choosing one of the good looking popular guys who are drooling over her, she walks over to a tall, somewhat nerdy looking boy with thick glasses and gives him a big squeeze. He is surprised but a grin soon stretches across his face. Seeing the happy look on the boy’s face makes me like her even more. She just made his night!
    She struts back into the room proudly and glances at Chelsey. Chelsey wiggles her eyebrows at her in challenge. "Truth or Truth?" Kristina challenges her.
    We look at Chelsey knowing that she only has one choice .
    Chelsey replies "Truth!" as she shuts the door behind us and we al l climb onto May’s bed. Kristina neatly folds her clothes and places them next to her backpack, not bothering to put them back on.
    "Tell us something that is really weird about