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She wasn&039;t the only student at Denali High with senioritis

Mo on finishing senior year and ie

Guilty as charged

If it were up to raph, I&039;d already be enrolled at Notre Da class

That&039;s the thing about universities - they wanted you to finish high school first

After eighteen years in Anchorage I could hardly wait to trade in snow and cold for civilization

Till then, six raduation

At the end of the hour, Denise said an abrupt, "See you at lunch"

Well, she could forget about juicy details &039;cause I wasn&039;t dishing Bitchy behavior deserved no rewards Maybe Tracey Rowen in third period French would appreciate the story

At least I wasn&039;t running late for French because in about three seconds, Scott Stevens would pass hts

I swore he moved in slow motion when he rounded the corner

Scott had the thin, towering build going for him He didn&039;t wear a letterman jacket, which he could have as captain of the basketball teauy who had his own killer style Best of all, he looked me in the eyes and smiled whenever he saw me And that is why I, Aurora Sky, for the first time in my life, had a major crush on a jock

Too bad he and Emily Horton were an item

"Hi, Aurora"

"Hey, Scott"

After he passed, I ducked into the girl&039;s bathrooether and leaned into the mirror as they appliedstreaks of colors, as if to help tell each other apart One had blond streaks, one red, and another blue

The girls ive me room When I looked in the mirror, I tried to recreate the same smile I&039;d flashed Scott My lips curved over a set of straight teeth I pulled my hair over my shoulders That would have looked better, but I always pushed it out of the way

The group beside irl with the blue streaks rubbed concealer with two fingers over a massive hickey on her neck

As I headed out, the warning bell rang

At the end of the day, Denise started spinning the coot distracted and had to start over

Once she had her coat on, Denise shut her locker with a thud

"See you later," she said, hoisting her backpack over one shoulder

So now she couldn&039;t wait to walk out to our cars together?

Okay then

I zipped uplot alone The moisture on my lashes froze as soon as I stepped outside Exhaust fronant air Not only was this time of year cold and dark, it turned my stomach inside out

Once the car stuttered to life, I s solid and let the vents do their work unthawing the windshield After the ice turned to droplets, I swiped the windshield with the wipers They carved a porthole into the glass and grated against the coarse outer layers of ice

The roads hadn&039;t thawed, not even with the blast of exhaust pipes and friction of tires running across the polished ice all day Tires spun in the parking lot The truck in front of unned it and slid sideways onto the road

College couldn&039;t co along softly to the lyrics as I passeda warm spell the previous week This week they&039;d refrozen into white misshapen humps over the landscape

My tires skid at the first red stoplight I slid forward four inches Getting started again took a as and my tires spun in place

Once I lived on ca slip and slide on the streets I planned to walk everywhere on solid pave the road just blocks froht stretch hohborhoods Saps of forest arched over the sides of the road I was almost home when I took the sharpest curve on Jewel Lake Road

As I rounded the corner a SUV appeared in front ofsound before sliding into my lane

Time inched forward

Tires screeched I braked, but the car slid out frolinted off the SUV&039;s front windshield, and for aa blue bandana around his forehead Maybe I would have found him cute if he weren&039;t about to kill us both

In seconds, he would hitI couldn&039;t brake I couldn&039;t dodge him This was it

I saw the boy&039;s face I read his lips "Oh, shit"

We said the words together

In the event of a catastrophe, one thing is sure Your life ends on a curse