Chapter 146 - One Hundred and Forty-Six
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Six
Sophie’s pov
I walked into school Monday morning with my headphones in, music loud enough to drown out the usual hallway chaos. Charlotte and Cameron were already at my locker, both looking far too energetic for seven thirty in the morning.
"There she is," Charlotte announced, pulling one of my earbuds out. "We have news."
"Good morning to you too."
"Morning. Now listen. There’s a party this Friday at Jessica’s house and we’re not going."
"Okay?"
"But we are throwing our own party. At our place. Way better than anything Jessica could plan."
Cameron leaned against the locker next to mine. "Consider it the pre-birthday party. Your actual birthday party is in two weeks, but this is practice."
"I didn’t agree to either party."
"You didn’t disagree either. That’s basically agreement." Charlotte grabbed my schedule from my hand, scanned it quickly. "We have English first. Good. We can plan while Anderson drones on about whatever dead author she’s obsessed with this week."
We walked to class together, Cameron and Charlotte arguing about the party playlist while I just listened. This was normal now. Having friends who included me in things, who made plans around me, who acted like my presence mattered.