I'm so sorry for the slow update. I was a busy with my other stories, and kind of forgot to update this one. But thank you for continuing to support me. I PROMISE to upload soon.
The Great Lawn
In front of the Baxters' blue Chevy
Wednesday, September 1
3:05 p.m.
"C'mon let's go to the mall and chill at Pinkberry," Gwen said as she slid next to Ripple into the backseat of the Baxters' blue Chevy. Gwen felt guilty of what happened at lunch and wanted to talk it through with Ripple to make sure that she knew it was just a misunderstanding.
But Ripple didn't even look up from the screen of her yellow Nokia Lumia. All Gwen heard in reply was a hnn.
"Rip, what's wrong with you? You've been checking your phone all this time!" Dune Baxter, Ripple's seventeen year old brother joked from the driver's seat. "Is she avoiding me?" Gwen wondered, a little annoyed even though it was kind of her fault.
Finally Ripple looked up from her phone. "We're waiting for somebody," she replied coolly. "Who?" Gwen asked in her if on cue, a girl about 5'3" with bronzed skin and B-cups opened the door and climbed into the car, followed by a pretty Asian girl the same height. Verity.
When Ripple saw them get into the car, she suddenly became bubbly and excited, totally different from when Gwen got in. "Oh hey, you're finally here. I was worried that— Hey! Who's that?" Ripple's expression changed from gleeful to suspicious when her eyes drifted to the second girl. "Why is she here?" Ripple glared at Verity. The first girl crossed her arms and replied, "I invited her."
"You could have informed me first," Ripple huffed angrily. "You were the one who said you wanted to make friends," the brunette said, defending the girl behind her. Ripple rolled her eyes but scooted over to make enough room. Before she sat down, Verity and Gwen exchanged a secret smile.
Then the foursome sat in awkward silence for the rest of the drive with Gwen wondering if she could keep the only beta she has so far, never mind even making a top clique.