Freefall by Stacy Davidowitz

Author:Stacy Davidowitz [Davidowitz, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2018-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

“WIENER!” Missi called on repeat, pacing up and down the Midway America section of Hersheypark. When Wiener had been a no-show at the Storm Runner exit, Missi had thought he was in the bathroom or in line for lemonade. But after twenty minutes of standing around and eyeing every blue-shirted, spiky-haired kid that passed, she’d decided it was time to search for him. So far they’d hit up Founder’s Way, The Hollow, Pioneer Frontier, The Boardwalk, and now, Midway America.

No Wiener.

“Ugh,” Missi said. She drew in a breath. Chico, too. “WIENEEEEEER!” they shouted together.

A woman beside them ear-muffed a toddler and shuffled her away toward the Pony Parade. “Sorry,” Missi mumbled after them. “It’s not what you think.”

“It’s not like Wiener to leave us,” Chico said, kicking at some littered gummy bears at his feet. “He never leaves me alone. Like a shadow he is. A weird, nice shadow.”

“Well, I dunno. Maybe he’s mad at us.”

“Why would he be mad?”

“Um.” Missi chewed her lip. She’d been contemplating that very question for the last forty minutes, and it was seriously bumming her out. (a) Wiener could be upset that she and Chico had gone on the Storm Runner when it had nothing to do with the hunt. (b) When Wiener had decided to jump ship, he could have secretly hoped they’d do the same. Or maybe (c) Wiener was simply jealous of Chico. According to Jenny, Play Dough was jealous of Chico, and Chico hadn’t even flirted with Jenny. “Maybe Wiener’s just, you know,” Missi said suggestively, “ ’cause of the one time we . . .”

“The one time you what?”

She looked at Chico, waiting for the Spin the Flashlight story to leap to the surface of his brain. Surely Wiener had told him. But Chico just stared back at her, clueless. “Wiener and I—” Missi cut herself off. Her cheeks were on fire. It was probably a dumb idea to out her one-off kiss with her crush’s closest friend. What if she was wrong and Wiener wasn’t jealous at all? “Friends have history is all,” she said, trying to be as vague as possible. “I bet Wiener just wanted to score some points on the hunt and then got distracted.”

“I have the camera,” he said, pointing to his shorts pocket.

“Oh.”

“He carries all the baggage.”

“Right.” Missi took a hard look at the map. “There’s only one more section of the park we haven’t searched.” She vaguely pointed to its super-evocative name, hoping that Chico wouldn’t start bouncing his eyebrows, all I know why you want to take me there. But he just slurped his chocolate milkshake as oblivious as could be and said, “Let’s go to it.”

“Cool.” Map in hand and heart a’skipping, Missi led the way to Kissing Tower Hill.

They passed the Chevrolet Music Box Theatre, where a crowd was lined up to see Drumboys, the newest drummer–boy band; and the SooperDooperLooper, which, despite its name, had only one upside-down loop; and Bizzy Bees, where little kids were buzzing around in a bee-car carousel.

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