Kamikaze Boys by Jay Bell

Author:Jay Bell [Bell, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2012-03-05T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Driving nonstop to Kansas had seemed like such a good idea. They would save on hotel costs—a plus considering the expenses of their planned move—and make up for the extra days spent in Florida. Not only had they gotten David enrolled in a local high school, but they had taken a day trip to Gainesville so David could get information on the University of Florida. Connor was determined that David’s father would see that the academic plans were still on track.

Now Connor wanted to get David home as soon as possible. They had already stayed away longer than planned, and driving straight through would make up for one of those days. Connor drove the first ten hours and was close to exhausted, but David was eager to prove himself and took the wheel for the next five. When their butts became too numb for comfort, they stopped for fast food and stood in the parking lot, eating over the hood of the car. They had made other stops before this—some to grab snacks or fuel up the car and once to let the engine cool down. All of this added up, and as Connor took the wheel for the final stretch, he realized a twenty-hour drive in theory had become twenty-four hours with the stops factored in.

Now the car was limping into Olathe at six in the morning, David’s head on Connor’s lap as he drooled his way through dreamland. Connor let him sleep until they pulled into David’s neighborhood and parked. Then he reached down and wove his fingers into David’s hair, tempted to join him in sleep, but David stirred, sat up, and looked around.

“Don’t make that miserable face,” Connor said. “It’s just for a few weeks.”

“Yeah, I know. Do you want to crash here?”

Of course he did, but Connor’s family was probably worried, so he shook his head, got out of the car, and carried David’s bag to the door.

“Text me when you’re home safe, okay?”

“Of course,” Connor said, leaning in for a kiss.

Once he was out of the neighborhood, Connor cranked up the radio, glad even for annoying “morning madness” radio. How anyone could regularly tolerate hyperactive DJs and suffer their banal humor was beyond him, but today they were more effective than caffeine at keeping him awake.

The trailer park seemed simple and plain compared to the palm trees and waves they had left behind, but part of him was happy to be home. Even happier when he saw that his father wasn’t zonked out in front of the TV. He tiptoed into his room and got his shoes off before Tommy roused from sleep.

Like all kids his age, Tommy could never keep his voice down for long. “I thought you weren’t ever coming back!” he complained.

Fortunately Connor had been prepared for this, tossing Tommy a bag of sand dollars, shells, and other tourist fodder. “You know how Tracy is. She barely let me go.”

“Why didn’t she come back with you?” Tommy asked, but his eyes were locked on the ocean treasures.

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