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"Here on a mission, a true expedition. A heist. We’re dragging you out of here and going to that KYU player’s house," Zariah confirmed. "You’re getting your shit back. All of it. Even if we have to put on some masks and break in to do it, girl."
"Like we ain’t done that before." Kassie chuckled.
"You guys broke in somewhere?" I asked before pushing up on my elbows, resting the stuffed turtle in my lap. "Wait—I don’t understand. We’re going to Thomas’s place? Guys, I don’t feel—I’ve been…sick and…I…"
Kassie leaned up and gave me a knowing look.
My eyes widened. "You know?"
"Know what?" June asked.
"What do we know?" Zariah pushed. "Are we knowing something? Somebody tell me something right now or I’m screaming."
Another knock echoed on the door. My mom pushed in without another word and held out a plate of cookies. "Girls, did we want some?"
"Oh my god, thank you." June eagerly took the plate. "Ever since I dropped Xavier…these smell so good. Oomf. Cookies."
All three of them called a quick thank you to my mom but my mom just kept her face towards me, pushing her glasses up. I knew what that look was. It was the same look she had when I excelled in programming classes after my mom pushed me to the coding summer camp.
She was happy I had friends to travel to see me. It couldn’t be more embarrassing.
"Thank you, mom," I told her, nodding at the door. "Love you."
"It’s just so lovely to see—"
"Love you."
The door closed again and I put my head in my hands. "I don’t know if I’ve got the inner strength to do this. I’m sorry for making you drive out here."
"Inner strength?" Zariah demanded. "Who needs that?"
"We have pepper spray," Kassie suggested and passed it over to me. "Does this count as inner strength? It’s in-the-can strength. Good against football players."
"What they’re trying to say—and failing—is that you need to do this, Piper," June told me and strolled over to offer me the plate of cookies. "We took a four-hour drive to get here. And listened to cartoon music the whole time."
Kassie frowned. "You lost the coin toss to pick music."
"We’re here for you, Piper," June assured me. "Let us be here for you."
I ran my hand along the side of the turtle shell and tugged on the little fabric on the side. It was incredibly sweet that the three of them showed up. I couldn’t thank them enough for doing it. But I had a sneaking suspicion that they hadn’t gotten the idea themselves. Especially since I’d never told any of them about the stuff I’d left behind at Thomas’s place.
Adam put this together.
Tears pricked at the edges of my eyes. I hurried to brush them away. He was just trying to take care of me in that weird way he did and that hurt more than anything else. Was this the olive branch to us being friends again?
I didn’t know if I could be friends with him again.
"Either you get up now…or we carry you," Kassie warned.
I sighed and pushed myself up.
If I was going to mope around my parent’s place for a few more days, I did want my stuff back. And this was the only chance before finals and before summer that I’d get it.
I shoved the pepper spray in my pocket. My voice was small. "Okay."
The ride to Thomas’s house was full of the girls talking about their finals and me, quiet in the backseat. They were trying to include me at every turn but my stomach was in knots and I was pretty close to throwing up. Not to mention, the last time I even saw Thomas, Adam broke his nose.
The very last thing I heard, Thomas had a temporary suspension because of his text messages to me. But I’d been out of the loop. Either way, this wouldn’t be fun. No doubt, Thomas wasn’t going to be happy to see me.
