The Thaw

Summary

Summer break. We went whitewater rafting in Georgia.

The raft flipped. Me and Jason—the class pretty boy—both went under.

Chloe, my childhood friend, swam straight for him, letting the current take me.

The safety patrol guy who fished me out, an older dude named Bud, clapped my shoulder. "Kid, I saw the whole thing. That kind of girl ain't worth it. Don't you worry, I'll go snag you a pretty one."

With that, he snagged the campus ice queen, Maya, and plopped her right into my lap.

I... what?

I looked at her cold, perfect face and panicked, trying to shove her off.