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Soht And when he responds by saying "Sleep well," that’sto happen to forward to it

Chapter Two

Mom is up before me, as usual, in the same place at the kitchen table It’s like she thinks Dad or I will steal her seat if she doesn’t beat us to it--and if she loses the seat, where will she spend the rest of the day?

"You look nice," she tells me Which would be a compliment, if she didn’t sound suspicious

I don’t tell her that I made sure to look nice because it’s the one-day anniversary of everything getting better She’d shoot that down real quick

"I have to give a report," I tell her "In class"

I know she’s not going to ask et to school as soon as possible, to see hi the same way over at his house I could text hie, too I don’t need to know everything all the time

Mom and I sayI want to go, and she wants to stay It’s the story of our lives

I have to take the bus because my car is still at school I could ask Rebecca or someone else to driveabout things instead of thinking about theets in In fact, he doesn’t show up until almost everyone else has pulled in

But this ti

I ae hi He’s barely awake

"Sure you don’t want to run away?" I ask Just to pull a little bit of yesterday into today

He looks confused "Are you serious?"

"No," I tell hiht?"

"Whatever" He starts walking, assuet it Kind of Since it’s not like we’re going to do it again today, it’s probably best not to think of it as an option Otherwise, whatever we do today will feel pathetic in comparison

I reach for his hand

He doesn’t take it

"What’s gotten into you?" he asks

Yesterday, I want to tell hiure now’s not the right time