Forever for a Year (41 page)
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Authors: B. T. Gottfred
“I like his sci-fi stuff!” Carolina shouted. “And so did Jill's assistant, Katelyn Detweiler, so you have to thank her too.”
“So how's:
To Jill, the first gatekeeper who believed I was worth holding open the gate for.
”
Trevor shook his head. “That's sounds like you're trying to show off. But I don't care. Let's get this over with. I have somewhere to be.”
“Where do you have to be?” Carolina asked.
“None of your business.”
“WHY WON'T YOU BE MY FRIEND, TREVOR?!” Oh boy. Carolina cracked first.
“YOU KNOW WHY, CAROLINA!”
“OH MY GOSH, YOU BROKE UP WITH ME!”
Trevor stood to leave. I spoke up. “Trevor, sorry, I know this is hard. But we're almost done. A few more minutes?” He didn't say yes, but he didn't leave either. Just turned and leaned back against the wall. The glare he leveled at Carolina would have knocked over a lesser girl.
Carolina was not a lesser girl.
As they spoke to each other in their heads, I said, “I should mention Jennifer Huntâshe encouraged me to concentrate on character voices, not plot concepts. And Jessa Zarubica for reading the first draft in two days and getting me excited about you two.”
“Cool,” Trevor said, mostly because he wanted to get through this.
Carolina winked at Trevor. Winked! When did she learn to wink at boys? She then turned to me. “B! You should start talking about your editor, Kate Farrell. She made the book better without making it worse.”
Trevor said, “That makes no sense.”
“Kate will know what I mean because she is obviously so amazing!”
“You're only saying that because she was the only one who liked you as much as me.”
“Which makes her a genius! In fact, I think she liked me more. Can you ask her if she liked me more?”
“She liked you both the same,” I said. “How about I thank her like this:
To Kate, for believing Carolina and Trevor were worth showing to the world.
”
“Amazing!”
“Yeah, awesome, but I would have shown the world who I was on my own eventually.”
Carolina stood up from the table. “Trevor, you can't do everything by yourself.”
He ignored her. “Are we done?”
“I think so.”
“Oh my gosh, you have to thank your baby, Axel! He's sooooooooo cute!”
“Yeah,” Trevor said, “you're totally going to screw him up like all parents screw up their kids, so you should thank him for loving you anyway.”
I laughed. “You said it better than I could have, Trevor.”
“Trevor⦔ Carolina stood up. She inched toward him. He wanted to look away. But he couldn't. He was still in love with her. “I'm still in love with you too,” she said.
“You have a boyfriend, Carolina!”
“You have a girlfriend!”
“We broke up six months ago.”
“I didn't know,” she said.
“Which just proves you know nothing about me. Are we done or what?” Trevor asked me, but
to
Carolina.
My eyes started tearing up. Goddamn. I didn't realize how much I missed them until right this second. Not just missed them. Missed them together. I said, “I should thank you two, right? I should say,
To Carolina and Trevor, for being soul mates.
”
“For a year,” Trevor said. “We were only soul mates for a year.”
“Or⦔ Carolina said, and that smile of hers was back. That smile that said she knew things now that I didn't think she would ever know.
“To Carolina and Trevor, for being soul mates for a year AND forever.”
I wasn't quite sure what she meant, but they started talking to each other in their heads again. Like I wasn't even in the room.
So I left.
Maybe, without me there, they'll work something out.
Maybe.
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Contents
Chapter 1: Carrie Will Now Be Carolina
Chapter 2: Trevor Doesn't Give A â¦
Chapter 3: Carolina's First Day Doesn't Go According to Plan
Chapter 4: Trevor Follows Orders
Chapter 5: Carolina Makes a Vow
Chapter 6: Trevor Figures It All Out
Chapter 7: Carolina Gets a Request
Chapter 8: Trevor Runs Even Though It's Pointless
Chapter 9: Carolina Will Stop Boy Obsessing Tomorrow
Chapter 10: Trevor Doesn't Want to Hear It
Chapter 11: Carolina Dies of a Heart Attack
Chapter 12: Trevor Wakes Up Burning
Chapter 13: Carolina Makes Some Important Decisions
Chapter 14: Trevor Decides Not to Give Up on the World
Chapter 15: Carolina Tries on a New Dress
Chapter 16: Trevor Meets Mr. Pain
Chapter 17: Carolina Doesn't and Does Take a Shot
Chapter 18: Trevor Does His Own Party Loop
Chapter 24: Trevor Meets the Other Man in Her Life
Chapter 25: Carolina Gets a Text
Chapter 26: Trevor Has a Seat Saved
Chapter 27: Carolina Doesn't Sit with Trevor at Lunch
Chapter 28: Trevor Makes Cereal Twice
Chapter 29: Carolina Goes Shopping
Chapter 30: Trevor Doesn't Stick to the Plan
Chapter 31: Carolina Gets Her Second Kiss
Chapter 32: Trevor Gets Too Excited
Chapter 33: Carolina Stops Kissing Trevor
Chapter 34: Trevor Can't Be Careful
Chapter 35: Carolina Goes to Starbucks
Chapter 36: Trevor Tries to Watch a Movie
Chapter 37: Carolina Has a New Dream
Chapter 39: Carolina Panic Googles
Chapter 40: Trevor Has a Talk with His Mom
Chapter 41: Carolina Talks to Peggy about Hooking Up
Chapter 47: Carolina Goes to Homecoming
Chapter 48: Trevor Takes Off Carolina's Bra
Chapter 49: Carolina Hears from Shannon Shunton
Chapter 50: Trevor Loses His Juice
Chapter 51: Carolina Talks to Alexander Taylor
Chapter 52: Trevor Tries Out for Basketball
Chapter 53: Carolina Takes a Train Ride
Chapter 54: Trevor Goes to Dinner
Chapter 55: Carolina Gets a Christmas Present
Chapter 56: Trevor Puts It Closer and Closer
Chapter 57: Carolina Gets a New Year's Text
Chapter 58: Trevor Doesn't Answer a Call
Chapter 59: Carolina Finds Out Who Is Sad
Part 4: Fighters for a Semester
Chapter 68: Trevor Knows How Technology Works
Chapter 69: Carolina Goes to a Motel
Chapter 70: Trevor Gives a Gift Card
Chapter 71: Carolina Texts the Unknown
Chapter 72: Trevor Sends a Secret Note
Chapter 73: Carolina Has a Talk with Her Mom
Chapter 74: Trevor Buys Two Sweaters
Chapter 75: Carolina Takes a Shower
Chapter 76: Trevor Buys Lily Pancakes
Chapter 77: Carolina Gets into a Toyota 4Runner
Chapter 78: Trevor Crashes the Car
Chapter 79: Carolina's Brain Goes to Mush
Chapter 80: Trevor Has Pizza with His Dad
Chapter 81: Carolina Attends a Fight
Chapter 82: Trevor Passes a Test
Chapter 83: Carolina Names a Baby
Chapter 84: Trevor Talks to a Hurdler
Chapter 85: Carolina Can Walk Alone
Chapter 86: Trevor Goes for Frozen Yogurt
Chapter 87: Carolina Doesn't Cry
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Summary: “Two young teens fall in love for the first time, and discover it might not last forever”âProvided by publisher.
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