Waiting For Him — Marie Cole

Sometimes it takes awhile to see what's right in front of you. Elly Senior year blows! Just before I get up the nerve to tell Kent that I'm secretly in love with him, SHE shows up. Not only does she show up, she takes my best friend and hijacks him over and over again. She turns him into something else completely, someone I hardly recognize. Try as I might to tell him that she's sabotaging our friendship he just doesn't listen. Worse, he starts ignoring me altogether. Kent Senior year and things should be easy, right? I mean, college is in the bag, I can drive now, and my best friend is in my homeroom class. But senior year was going to be really f*cking hard. First, I'm nearly killed before the first bell rings. Then, I'm followed around by the new girl (who was the one who almost killed me!). And just when I think things can't get any worse, after I start dating my first girlfriend (who was the one who almost killed me) I discover that my best friend and long time companion, Elly, is maybe more than just a friend. Read the angsty beginning of Elly and Kent's love story in this high school novel.