Drive Me Crazy by Terra Elan McVoy

Author:Terra Elan McVoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2015-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Lana

I can tell from the way Cassie’s beaming that she’s got her phone back. Right away I’m nearly as excited as she must be to see what her messages are, but when I raise my eyebrows to her in a question, she shakes her head very slightly—not yet.

I can’t say that I mind waiting, since it involves whipping around the go-kart track. Grandma Tess is in a neon-purple cart, me in fire-engine red, Cassie in a turquoise-blue one painted with ocean waves, and Grandpa Howe in a cart called “The Monster,” with flames on the back and a big, toothy mouth on the front. In our first race, a big tattooed dad with a dark-blond beard wins overall, but Grandpa Howe comes in a victorious second, and Cassie and I aren’t far behind him. It’s so much fun we immediately buy tickets for another round, and this time Grandma Tess pulls across the finish line first with both hands raised over her head.

“What’s next?” she says, pushing her silver waves into non-flyaway shape.

Grandpa Howe suggests victory hot dogs, or at least something to drink.

“I need to let some things out before I put more in,” Cassie says, glancing at me.

“I’ll go with you,” I add.

“You girls know where it is?” Grandma Tess has a tiny frown between her brows, and for a second I think she knows that our sudden need for the bathroom has nothing to do with toilets.

Grandpa Howe puts an arm around her, though, and turns her in the direction of the arcade. “I’ve got some Skee-Ball ticket winnings to cash in. Then we’ll wrangle up some more snacks. What do you say?”

“Sounds great,” Cassie and I both say at the same time, hard and fast. We look at each other and laugh nervously, and take off for the ladies’ room.

“Ahhh, I can’t do it.” Cassie hands me her phone under the wall between our stalls. “You check.”

“That’s silly.” I push her hand back with my foot and come out to wash my hands. Cassie lets me into her stall and we face each other, leaning on opposite walls. She didn’t even have to go.

“What if he didn’t text and this is for nothing?” She’s still holding the phone but not turning it on.

“You’re not going to know unless you do it.” This is something Tamika’s said to me more than once. “Just turn it on and find out.” In my opinion, sometimes Tamika jumps into things without worrying about them enough, but I think Cassie’s done plenty of worrying in the last twenty-four hours. “Here, I’ll do it with you.”

I hold my thumb over Cassie’s and press her power button down, hard. We watch together as the screen blinks. Cassie’s biting her lip, so I channel as much confidence as I think I’d need from a friend at a time like this. Soon enough, her phone bleeps five times, and Cassie’s face lights up for a second, before it immediately pales.

“I can’t look.” She hands the phone to me.

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