Evil Hearts - A Listen To Your Heart Book

Sparks

The week had been uneventful and Audrey was literally dying of boredom. She had limited mobility due to her healing ankle. Her friends had tried to stay with her but she waved them away and insisted she was fine. But she wasn't. She was tired of being left out. Currently she was watching them swim in the lake as she laid in a chair on the dock.

"Hey!" Jay greeted as he sat alongside her. Audrey jumped and whacked him. "Ow!"

"You scared me you idiot!" Audrey huffed.

"Sorry," jay groaned. "What's wrong? You're in kind of a grumpy mood."

"This vacation is a total bust," Audrey whined. "I only came to distract myself from my break up with Florian."

"Oh," Jay frowned looking away.

Audrey gave a small smile. "And to hang out with my friends."

"Oh so we're friends now?" Jay questioned.

Audrey purses her lips. "Are we? I think so."

Jay furrowed his brows.

"I hope so," Audrey said. "You're not actually that bad."

"Hey!" Audrey giggled. "For your information I am a delight."

"And so humble."

"I'm the most humble there ever was," Jay joked.

"Sure."Audrey laughed. She turned her attention to the sun setting. "It's so beautiful out here. I'm glad Ben brought us here."

"Yeah. I bet breaking your ankle was the highlight of your summer." Audrey rolled her eyes and playfully shoved him. She almost lost her balance but Jay steadied her. "Careful. We wouldn't want you to break that pretty little head of yours now would we?"

Audrey looked at him. "You think I'm pretty?"

"Well doesn't everyone?" Jay tried to cover up his slip up.

"Well not everyone," Audrey mumbled.

"And they're an idiot."

Audrey blushed. "Thanks but it's true. Florist couldn't see a future with me so he dumped me." She frowned and Jay wiped a few tears from her cheek.

"Like I said, he's an idiot," Jay said seriously. Audrey looked him in the eye looking for any trace of sarcasm but was met by Jay's deathly serious gaze.

"Thanks," Audrey said, leaning in. Jay found himself leaning in too. They were barely an inch apart.

"Hey guys were going back- oh!" Evie gasped, Doug in tow. "Did we interrupt something?"

Audrey immediately backed up when she heard Evie's voice. "Nope! No! Nothing! Nada! Doug can you help me back?"

Doug merely nodded, looking like a deer caught in headlights. He gave Jay a knowing look and helped Audrey hobble back to the cabin.

Jay watched her leave, dazed by what had just happened, or was about to happen. He turned to face Evie who was smirking with a mischievous look.

"Shut up!" Jay grumbled, trudging back to the cabin.
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Mal sighed. Her hand felt really cramped. The whole week she had been writing notes on shade and light, monochromatic and such but had not actually done any art in Mrs. Wellington's class. And she had enough.

Mrs Wellington changed the slide and Mal got up. "Mrs Wellington, with all due respect, wouldn't our artwork improve if we actually did art? Paint, pastel, heck even crayons! Not just sitting here and wasting our time on notes that although helpful, we could find on the internet."