Don't Play with Fire

When we got back to the apartment Callie’s mother was already there waiting outside with Leah. We got out of the car and silently followed Sam into the apartment with Mrs. Cannon and Leah trailing us. We stood in the living room staring awkwardly at each other until Leah finally blurted, “Are you going to tell us what happened out there or are we just going to stand here all night?” What was I going to tell them? Did I tell them about Hunter? Hunter was a Delazar, Sam made it pretty obvious he did not like Delazar’s very much.

“We skipped school.” Callie shrugged, trying to keep her tone even.

“And did what exactly?” Leah glared, folding her arms across her chest.

“We had girl time and lost track of time,” Callie replied evenly. She would not tell them what was going on, I guess that was fair, they weren’t telling her anything either.

“Liar.” Leah growled, “Stop wasting our time.”

“Why are you even here?” I finally said.

“I wanted to know what the two of you were up to, just like ever