As soon as I responded I was mad at myself for it.
Why had I done that?!
Why had I told him I was free to talk when I didn’t really want to talk to him and he had been so nasty to me earlier?
My phone rang right away and I slammed my hand over the speaker to disguise the sound as I turned the shower on and flicked on the terrible old radio which was on the counter beside the sink.
An awful pop song spluttered out of the tinny-sounding speakers.
I turned up the volume a little and then yelled to Brooke that I needed to take a shower to relax after the calculus homework.
She yelled back something about totally understanding, but I didn’t hear exactly what it was because I was already clutching the phone to my ear.
“What do you want?” I hissed under my breath to try and make sure I di
