Thicker Than Water (The Briar Creek Vampires Book #2) by Jayme Morse & Jody Morse Read Online Free PDF

sick until now.
    “I can’t believe that Gabe just bailed on you
like that,” Mary-Kate said. “I should warn you that everyone in
town is talking about it. It’s practically a hit-and-run, so you’re
definitely the flavor of the week.”
    “Great,” Lexi muttered. Dealing with questions
about Gabe leaving was the last thing that she wanted to do today.
She’d barely had time to recuperate since she had gotten out of the
hospital, and more importantly, she wouldn’t know how to respond.
She wasn’t even sure what to think about Gabe leaving, herself.
“Umm, I just wanted to say thanks, Mary-Kate. If it weren’t for
you, I wouldn’t have lived. I really appreciate you saving
me.”
    “Hey, don’t worry about,” Mary-Kate replied,
waving a hand. “It’s what friends are for. Are you ready to go to
school?”
    Lexi nodded and grabbed the black backpack that
Violet had packed for her the night before. She wondered if
Mary-Kate would notice that it had once belonged to
Austin.
    When they got to school, Mary-Kate showed Lexi
where the main office was. Before she could go to any of her
classes, she had to get her schedule. She hadn’t bothered to ask
Violet why one hadn’t been sent to her before now, but she assumed
it was because she was a new student.
    “What’s your name?” the middle-aged secretary
at the front desk asked, pulling a piece of paper out of the filing
cabinet.
    “Alexandria Hunter,” Lexi replied. It felt
weird to say her full name. No one ever actually used it. After her
dad had left, Lexi had insisted that her mom didn’t call her
Alexandria anymore because her father had often called her Princess
Alexandria during their teddy bear tea parties. When she was
little, the name had made her miss her dad way too much, and now
she was just used to being called Lexi.
    The woman glanced at Lexi over edge of her
horn-rimmed glasses. “As in Lexi Hunter, Violet Graham’s niece who
just got into a horrible car accident?”
    Lexi nodded. No one was joking when they said
Briar Creek was a small town. It seemed like everyone always knew
who she was around here, which was a major difference from the New
Jersey town she had lived in where she didn’t even know most of her
neighbors’ names. She preferred living in a town where everyone
didn’t know everyone else’s business, but there wasn’t much that
she could do to change that. She was stuck in Briar Creek – at
least until she turned eighteen. Lexi tried to not think about the
fact that it meant that she would be living here for about another
year.
    “Well, that’s such a shame. I cannot believe
the way Gabe Marshall just fled on you like that,” the woman
replied. “He always seemed like such a nice boy to me, but he was
also very quiet here at Briar Creek High School. It’s always the
quiet ones, I guess.”
    So Marshall was Gabe’s last name.“I’m sure that
Gabe had a very good reason for taking off,” Lexi replied. She
wasn’t sure why, but she was starting to feel defensive over him.
It was frustrating for her to keep hearing about Gabe leaving her,
even though she was becoming more and more convinced that he had
tried to crash the car. Lexi just couldn’t figure out why he had
done it. Maybe he had really wanted to run away, but why had he
acted like he was taking her along for the ride if it really wasn’t
what he was planning?
    The secretary shrugged, seeming unsure of what
else to say. She handed Lexi her schedule. “Your homeroom and first
period class is gym with Mr. Lindstrom. It’s right around the
corner,” she said, pointing down the hallway.
    “Thanks.” Lexi followed the secretary’s
instructions and walked down the hall to the gymnasium. Gym was
definitely her least favorite class. It was going to suck to have
to start her day out with a workout. She hated the idea of having
to shower at school. The idea of having to use flip-flops while
showering had always freaked her out so much that she had