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“Are you sure we should let theed as if to say I should drive if I didn’t like it

Answering their questions seemed the only way toif duct tape was involved in my rescue, no But he did hike us to this cabin in the woods out of the rain”

Slapping his navigator in the chest, Mateo spoke sounding like a bad nineties cartoon “Bro, we should try to find it and have a party in the woods”

“Fire, fire, fire” Connor chanted and I bouncedout the IQ drain up front

“How about you don’t because that dick ranger could have you arrested for breaking park rules” Rollingto keep any chill out of et war, the distance increasing with each step closer to the campsite and his jeep

“Easy, Aht Conner?” Ryder’s tone brooked no argurunted “You know coach will kill you if you guys get arrested before we lock down the season” Sure because the only thing standing between right and wrong for these guys was a shot at playing pro-ball with the scouts and coaches up their asses

We drove back to cauys dropped Dinah and me off at our apartet myself sorted out before class tomorrow I had a headache and the hot shower I took hadn’t helped much, my luck I’d catch a cold before class

I lay onoff whenthe theme iveaway

“Hey mom, what’s up?”

“Araphy? Religion of the Worlds? Your father and I don’t pay for this liberal shit”

I got up feeling fevered with anger pacing my apartetting sick Last thing I wanted to do was visit the campus clinic if I could avoid it

I coughed

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lectives I have to take before I get into h Everyone had to take a religion course at soured that was easier than rocks for jocks, a geology course that took hikes in the woods You know, because I loved the woods so s panned out so well for me this weekend

“Hher expectations I didn’t knohat I wanted and I didn’t kno to get there under her stifling watch This hy I took a big risk convincing et her to say yes Otherwise, I’d be back ho on my bed just like now even ood enough attending City College I wasn’t like my sister I didn’t have the fortitude to let e she knew fro at least two hours aould help