Friends ForNever by Katy Grant Page A

thought, like the decision was a tough one that could go either way.
    â€œYes, I accept your apologies. I still haven’t heard from Sarah about this issue.”
    â€œWell, let me tell you—Sarah is absolutely devastated. She feels worse than Nic and me put together.” That didn’t really come out sounding right. “She feels absolutely horrible, Whitney! And she’s told us what a great friend you are, how sweet and kind you are, and how you’d never treat anyone this way. Which is why she can’t even bear to face you. Trust me. This is breaking her heart.”
    â€œThat’s true. Devastated is a good word to describe Sarah right now,” added Nicole. “Can’t you tell?”
    Whitney didn’t say anything. We looked up when the screen door opened. Sarah was about to walk in when she saw the three of us inside talking. She did a quick U-turn and started out the door.
    â€œWhere do you think you’re going? Come back here!” I shouted.
    Sarah looked over her shoulder at me. “I’m going to the bathroom. Is that okay with you?”
    â€œNo, it’s not. I want you to come inside so we can settle this.”
    Sarah let the door close behind her, and she stood in front of us. No one said a word. Sarah stared at the floor, Whitney looked expectantly at Sarah, and Nic had a strange look on her face—like she was about to burst out laughing.
    â€œSarah! Say something!” I urged.
    Sarah wouldn’t look up. “I don’t know what to say.”
    â€œHow can you not know what to say? Why don’t you tell me you’re sorry?” Whitney blurted out.
    Sarah looked at her. “I am sorry! I’ve never been so sorry in my life. I’m the worst person in the world. You have every right to hate me and never speak to me again.”
    â€œI don’t hate you! But why haven’t you talked to me for five days?”
    Sarah covered her face with her hands. “How could I?”
    I looked at Nic and nodded toward the door. Nic followed me outside without a word. We were halfway down Middler Line when she finally spoke up. “What got into you?”
    I looked at her. “I don’t know. Think I should open my own practice?”
    Nic burst out laughing.
    â€œYou had the weirdest look on your face—like you thought this whole situation was really funny,” I said.
    Nic shook her head. “I didn’t think it was funny. I just thought it was going to be major drama. Why did you make us leave? I wanted to stay and watch the whole thing.”
    â€œI thought they needed to be alone. This is the first time they’ve spoken to each other in almost a week,” I said.
    We walked down to the dining hall to wait for lunch to begin.
    Half an hour later Whitney and Sarah showed up at Cabin 3’s table for lunch, along with the rest of us. They both had red eyes and blotchy faces. Whatever had happened between them, it must have been pretty intense.
    After lunch ended, the two of them were walking together through the crowd of people leaving the dining hall. It didn’t look like they were going to make a point of filling me in on everything, which I didn’t think was very fair, considering I’d played a pretty big role in it all. So I rushed up to them.
    â€œOkay, I hate to be rude, but can’t you at least tell me what happened?” I asked.
    Whitney smiled at me. “We’re friends again!”
    â€œFinally!” I turned to Nic, who’d walked up beside me. “They made up.”
    â€œDarcy, you were right. All along, if I had just talked to her, it never would’ve dragged out for so long. I can’t believe I was so stupid,” said Sarah.
    â€œYou’re not stupid!” Whitney protested. “You were just embarrassed. And you avoided the problem instead of facing it and trying to solve it. It’s okay, though. We’ve worked everything