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Prologue

WORST SUMMER EVER

That’s the thought I went over the side with Not I’ Not I just shovedto killday Just Worst summer ever

You could say that my priorities weren’t in the best shape And by the bottom of the hill, neither was I

When I finally rolled to a stop, h at least tendefinitely livestock-related But cow pies weren’t the worst of it Sos were frantically trying to reed theot a breath I closedmyself to slon and breathe in and out to the count of five like I do whenever I get the wind knocked out of e person

I have what , whenever we arrive at a school where the players look like Attila the Hun in ponytails, I know I’ll be playing the whole ga the wind knocked out of me is kind of a specialty ofsoccer cleats and a jersey, not lipstick and designer heels

Where’s Ian? I rolled tofor my brother Like me, he was on his back, his navy-blue jacket half-off, head pointed down the hill toward all the tourist

At all

No I sprang to h heels ile myself, scenes from the cheesy CPR h my head Did I start with mouth to mouth? Chest compressions? Why hadn’t I paid attention in health class?

I was about to fling myself at him when his eyes suddenly snapped open

"Ian?" I whispered

"Wow," he said wearily, squinting up at the clouds as he wiggled one arm, then the other

I fell back into a relieved heap, tears spiking my eyes I may have shoved my brother off the side of a mountain, but I hadn’t killed hi; eyes up here" I froze The voice was British and ’s Head is a bit farther Ooh, and look, there’s a wedding going on up top Everyone see the lovely bride? Andoh, my I think she lost a bridesmaid A tiny lavender bridesmaid Hellooooo there, tiny lavender bridesht? Looks like you’ve had a fall"

I whipped around, my body tensed to unleash on whoever had just dubbed me "tiny lavender bridesmaid," but what I saw made me wish I was even tinier Not only had Ian and I landed a lot closer to the ay than I’d realized, but a tour guide sporting a cherry-red poncho and a wide-briht past us Except none of the landscape or the lovely bride, who happened to beat me All thirty of theht before

Act in control

I straightened up, shoving htly Yikes "Tumble" was not a typical part ofout of uide pointed her u hill?"

"Looks like it," I said brightly, the thing I actually wanted to say bri a nap in a manure-coated dress I shifteddead Convenient