There you go.
“Get tae fuck, Fantino.”Eventually she gets the words out.
And then she storms out.
Olive
My life was easier before Colin Fantino was part of it.It was really so much easier, and nicer too.No meltdowns, no hot rage in my belly.
“What’s he done now?”asks Tori when I run into her on our corridor.
Normally, I’d tease her that she and Sinclair are getting more and more similar, even asking the same questions independently of each other, but I’m really not in the mood for joking just now.
“Olive Mary Henderson, I asked you a question,” she yells as I walk on.
“He’s a bloody bastard,” I say, unlocking my door.
Tori follows me, unasked.“So nothing new, then?”
“Did you know he’s got a girlfriend?”
She raises her eyebrows.“Has he?”
“Aye.”I want to punch something.
“Why would I know that?”
“Aren’t you following him and his celebrity mum on social media the whole time?”
Tori drops onto my bed with a long sigh.“At the moment, I’ve really got enough on my plate just keeping an eye on all the clues about Hope MacKenzie and Scott Plymouth.Aven Amenta suddenly appeared in the postcredits scene inIcarus Rising, and now there are rumors that Hope’s written a new spin-off for theArodauniverse.I wouldn’t be surprised if there was an official announcement dropping soon.Besides, she posted a selfie with Aven the other day.If she’s playing the lead role, I’ll scream.”
“Doesn’t Aven just do her Disney stuff?”I ask, because that’s all I know about the American actress.She was in practically every series I loved as a kid.
“Yeah, but a role inArodawould be a total breakthrough.God, I’d love it.Can’t you ask Colin?Maybe his mum knows something that’s not public yet.”
“No way am I asking Colin anything,” I say at once.
“OK, sorry, I didn’t mean to derail away from your issues.So he’s got a girlfriend?”
I nod grimly.
“Hmm, fine, but that doesn’t matter to you, does it?”When I don’t answer, Tori raises her eyebrows inquiringly.“After all, you can’t stand the guy, right?”
“I hate him,” I correct her.
“Oh, sorry.”
“And I kissed him.”
Tori’s eyes widen.“Don’t mess with me, Olive.”
“Yesterday.”
“What?Why?”
Yeah, why?That’s what I’m asking myself now.Why did it seem like a good idea?I wasn’t even burning to kiss him.I should have just let it be.But I really thought there was some kind of attraction between us.Apparently I was wrong.Maybe in America, it’s nothing special to pull girls into lit-up swimming pools at night and look at them in that intense way.It was special to me, but if I’d known what it really meant to him, there’s no way I’d have done it.If I’d had even a hint of a clue that Colin’s with somebody and was cheating on her with me, I’d have had a thing or two to say to him.But all I say is “I don’t know.”
“You don’t know why you kissed him?”
