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Piper charged her, but before a fight could start, Coach Hedge barked, "Enough back there! Set a good exaroup shuffled on to the next exhibit, but the girls kept calling out little comments to Piper
"Good to be back on the rez?" one asked in a sweet voice
"Dad’s probably too drunk to work," another said with fake synored theht not remember Piper, or even who he was, but he knew he hated ht his ar her battles Besides, if those girls found out the truth about her dad, they’d be all bowing down to her and screa, ‘We’re not worthy!’"
"Why? What about her dad?"
Leo laughed in disbelief "You’re not kidding? You really don’t reirlfriend’s dad--"
"Look, I wish I did, but I don’t even remember her, much less her dad"
Leo whistled "Whatever We have to talk e get back to the dorm"
They reached the far end of the exhibit hall, where soht, cupcakes," Coach Hedge announced "You are about to see the Grand Canyon Try not to break it The skywalk can hold the weight of seventy juhts should be safe out there If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork"
The coach opened the doors, and they all stepped outside The Grand Canyon spread before thee was a horseshoe-shaped ay h it
"Man," Leo said "That’s pretty wicked"
Jason had to agree Despite his a there, he couldn’t help being ier and wider than you could appreciate froh that birds circled below their feet Five hundred feet down, a river snaked along the canyon floor Banks of stor shadows like angry faces across the cliffs As far as Jason could see in any direction, red and gray ravines cut through the desert like soot a piercing pain behind his eyes Crazy godsWhere had he cootten close to soot the unht?" Leo asked "You’re not going to throw up over the side, are you? ’Cause I should’ve broughtHe was shivering and sweaty, but it had nothing to do with heights He blinked, and the pain behind his eyes subsided
"I’ed "Just a headache"
Thunder rumbled overhead A cold wind almost knocked him sideways
"This can’t be safe" Leo squinted at the clouds "Storht over us, but it’s clear all the way around Weird, huh?"
Jason looked up and saw Leo was right A dark circle of clouds had parked itself over the skywalk, but the rest of the sky in every direction was perfectly clear Jason had a bad feeling about that
"All right, cupcakes!" Coach Hedge yelled He frowned at the storm like it bothered hiet to work! Remember, complete sentences!"
The stor why he did it, he reached into his jeans pocket and brought out a coin--a circle of gold the size of a half-dollar, but thicker and more uneven Stamped on one side was a picture of a battle-ax On the other was souy’s face wreathed in laurels The inscription said soold?" Leo asked "You been holding out onhow he’d co to need it soon
"It’s nothing," he said "Just a coin"
Leo shrugged Maybe hisas much as his hands "Coe"
They didn’t try very hard on the worksheet For one thing, Jason was too distracted by the stor, he didn’t have any idea how to "name three sedimentary strata you observe" or "describe two examples of erosion"
Leo was no help He was too busy building a helicopter out of pipe cleaners
"Check it out" He launched the copter Jason figured it would plummet, but the pipe-cleaner blades actually spun The little copter made it halfway across the canyon before it lost momentum and spiraled into the void
"How’d you do that?" Jason asked
Leo shrugged "Would’ve been cooler if I had some rubber bands"
"Seriously," Jason said, "are we friends?"
"Last I checked"
"You sure? What was the first day we met? What did we talk about?"
"It was …" Leo frowned "I don’t recall exactly I’m ADHD, man You can’t expect me to remember details"
"But I don’t remember you at all I don’t reht and everyone else is wrong?" Leo asked "You think you just appeared here this ot fake memories of you?"