The Complete Burn for Burn Trilogy: Burn for Burn; Fire With Fire; Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han

feel loads lighter. I pack upmy things. I walk down the hallway and see Reeve at the very end, as cocky and confident as he ever was, taking his sweet time getting wherever he needs to go.
    Perfect.
    I know exactly what I’m going to do. Yesterday he caught me off guard, but today I’m ready. I will get right in his face, say my name, my real name , out loud. Let him see for himself that he didn’t break me. I’m here. And then I’ll blow him a big fat kiss good-bye and put an end to this chapter of my life once and for all. No more regrets. It’s no way to live.
    My adrenaline is pumping as I pick up the pace and fight my way through the hallway traffic to get to him. “Reeve!” I shout down the stairs.
    But he doesn’t turn around. And I can’t get close. There’re too many people standing in my way. A wall of people.
    “Hey, Reeve!” I call out again, pushing my way through. He still doesn’t hear me. “Reeve!” I suck in a huge breath. “REEVE!”
    A rush of something bursts forth, a wind, and the force of it makes all of the locker doors slam shut in unison. The sound fills the hallway, one big clap of metallic thunder.
    Reeve stops and looks around. Everyone does.
    “What the hell was that?” someone says.
    “How should I know?”
    “A storm?”
    “Dude, we just came from running laps in gym. It’s sunny outside.”
    The air is quiet for another second, and then the second bell rings. It brings the place back to life. Everyone goes about their business.
    I spin and take off in the opposite direction. I have to get out of here. That’s my only thought.

CHAPTER ELEVEN
    LILLIA
     
    I ’M DRESSED FOR SCHOOL, LYING ON TOP OF MY BED, MY eyes wide open.
    I didn’t sleep last night. How could I, when I didn’t know where my own sister was? Even after Alex dropped Nadia off, after I heard her tiptoe up the stairs, her door creak open and then closed, even then I couldn’t sleep.
    I doubt Rennie will pick me up. Not after how we left things yesterday. I wait until ten minutes to eight before I tell Nadia to get in my car, that I’m driving us today.
    After that neither of us says a word to the other.
    The whole ride I keep trying to find a way for this to make any kind of sense. What could they have been doing together in the middle of the night? Maybe he wanted his shirt back, and he drove her over to Janelle’s to pick it up. Maybe I made Nadia feel so guilty, she wanted to go apologize to him for spilling her strawberry daiquiri everywhere, because some might have gotten on his carpet or something. Or maybe they were planning me a surprise birthday party. In the middle of the night. In the woods.
    Alex Lind and my little sister. I don’t even want to think about it. Because when I do, I feel so mad, I can barely breathe.
    *   *   *
     
    Homeroom bell is about to ring when Rennie appears behind my locker door. She’s wearing a loose scoop neck top that hangs off one shoulder, leggings, and gladiator sandals, and she’s holding out two Blow Pops like they’re a bouquet of flowers. “Peace offering,” she says. “One for you, one for me.”
    “No, thanks.” Does she honestly think that a Blow Pop is going to make it all better? If she hadn’t dragged me off to that party, none of this would have happened.
    “I tried calling your cell yesterday,” she says. “Guess you were in a dead spot.”
    Practically the entire island is a dead spot. “Well, I had no missed calls. Why didn’t you try my house?”
    I can tell she’s trying to think up another lie. But I guess nothing comes to mind. She bites her lip. “Okay. Real apology. I’m sorry I left like that yesterday. It wasn’t cool. But come on! This is weird. You and I never fight.” She leans against the locker next to mine and looks at me, concerned. “I know things have been kinda crazy the last few days, but I promise you, senior year is still going to be awesome.”
    I take the Blow Pop and slowly unwrap it. I don’t