Kick Ass Girls of Fire & Ice by Christina Hoag

Kids shove past me, knocking my backpack, chattering over me, around me. The students mingling in the courtyard roll like a tide into the building. There’s only one difference between two days ago and today. When I open them, people are gawping at me. I press them so hard colored spots swirl in the blackness. I press the heels of my hands into my eyes to erase the evidence of escaping tears. Plus, I figured it might even lead to the proverbial summer romance that everybody seems to have-except me. Malcolm and me aren’t going together or anything, but when he asked me to go to prom with him, it was a big deal. The co-captain of the hockey team refusing to go to prom with me will be all over the senior class by lunchtime. A couple girls nearby toss their hair and wheel their backs to me in a clucking circle of shields. I look around to see who has witnessed this small scene of my great humiliation. He turns and flees as if he can’t wait to get away from me. How could you do this to me? My voice quavers. His voice trails off into the air, leaving the sword of the unsaid hanging over me. She says it’s for the best, you know, with everything happening and. All I see are the hoods of his lids as he searches the ground, as if the excuse is lying there, waiting to be picked up and hurled like a stone. Malcolm’s eyes cannot meet my shocked stare. Did you just say you don’t want to go to prom with me? You’re taking back your invitation?' A hole opens in my stomach, a giant, gaping abyss. Then she befriends Justin, who knows what it’s like to be judged for being different. When Jade tells the truth about a crime she witnessed, her actions come under the judgmental scrutiny of her friends. TruthĪ Girl on the Brink Story by Christina Hoag No matter the day, the age, the realm… even a kick ass girl loves an excuse to get dressed up and dance her heart out.

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Kick Ass Girls of Fire & Ice by Christina Hoag