Chapter 17

I glance around Liam to see Stella standing there with her arms crossed over chest, a plastic bag limply hanging from her fingers as she gives me a pointed look. Behind Stella, Jeremy shrugs and ruffles a hand through his wild red locks. "Maybe she's in shock?" I shake my head slowly as Liam stares down at me, raising his eyebrows in silent questioning. "I'm not in shock. Or delusional. Just.. a little shaken, I guess." "About?" Stella presses. I almost don't want to say why I was running and screaming like a mad man. They'll probably laugh, but the look of expectation pressures me to just spit out the truth and so I stupidly say, "There was a spider on me." Stella's face twist into disbelief, while Jeremy laughs. Liam pulls away immediately, giving me the same look Stella is. I knew I should have made up some stupid lie.  Like, I don't know, leather face was chasing me or something?  "You were s