Page 40 of Autumn Secrets
Luckily, Lexi had already spotted me and called out as soon as I put some food on my plate. I moved across the cafeteria and gratefully sank down in a seat across from her. “Thanks.”
“You looked out of place.”
“I’m trying to avoidhimfor the rest of the day.”
“I hear you, loud and clear. Can I just say something though? His eyes were glued to you the whole way over here.” Lexi chuckled. “I told you he’s into you. Why don’t you two stop pretending and do something about it?”
“Do what?” Mia asked, putting her tray down on the table as she sat down in the empty seat next to me. I hadn’t even noticed her. I gave Lexi a look. This was a private conversation between Lexi and I for now.
“Nothing important, just some school stuff,” Lexi replied. “How about you? Do you have something fun to share with us?”
Mia wrinkled her nose. “No, and do you know what? I’m sooo bored with everything. Can we do something, just the four of us?”
“What do you want to do?” I asked and moved my food around on my plate. The cafeteria food wasn’t the best, but that wasn’t the main reason I couldn’t eat. The awareness of Adrian made my belly too preoccupied doing somersaults to devour the disgusting cafeteria food.
“I don’t know, justsomething.”
“Isn’t your distance call to Will exciting enough for you?” Lexi teased.
Mia laughed. “Maybe not, no. But seriously, we should do something together. Before we know it, we will have graduated, and we’ll all be separated.”
I looked at Mia and Lexi. “Do you know what? You’re right. We should do something together. Any ideas?”
“Guess it depends on what we’re after. Where’s Jasmine by the way?” Lexi looked at Mia.
“She’s in the library. She needed to finish an assignment.”
I nodded. “So, what do we want to do? Do we want to go away for a weekend?”
“Yes, that would be fun! Should we jump on the train and go to the big city?” Mia replied excitedly.
Lexi looked at us. “I don’t know. I mean that’s quite a long way to go just for a couple of nights…”
“You’re right. Well, why don’t we sleep on it then?” I suggested.
Jasmine showed up and joined us at the table. “What are you guys talking about?”
“We want to go away somewhere, just the four of us. What do you think?” Mia asked.
“I think I absolutely LOVE the idea,” she said and clapped her hands.
“We just don’t know where yet,” I added.
“What about my parents’ holiday house? It’s about two, maybe three hours away. We could have the whole house to ourselves. It’s right outside town. There’s even a cinema and a few restaurants we could visit. The house is by a lake, with no neighbours. We could go for nice walks, then jump in the jacuzzi and even use the sauna if we like,” Jasmine suggested with excitement.
Lexi looked at us with a smile. “Sounds great!”
“Okay, I’ll talk to my parents tonight. They rent it out, so I’m not sure when it’s available. Any particular weekend?”
“As soon as possible! But not the weekend we have the autumn party,” Mia said.
I looked at the girls. “What autumn party?”
“The one the school hosts every year before the holidays. You better come, Aurora. We’re all in the autumn party committee and you could join us if you want? We could use an extra hand,” Jasmine said.
“Not this time. Mum and I have a lot to do at home at the moment. But I’ll be at the party, I promise.”
“Okay. Well, I’ll sort it out with our holiday house tonight with my parents and give you all a text.”