Never Lost by Riley Moreno

Author:Riley Moreno [Riley Moreno]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00A142ILY
Published: 2012-11-01T13:00:00+00:00

The trouble is, I don’t know when I’ll see Danny again. He gave me no clear idea of where he lives, no phone number, no Facebook information. I spend the rest of Saturday and most of Sunday trying to find out about him. I even ask Uncle Lenny if he knows anyone my age named Danny, and he says no.

Chase and I start at Oak Leaf High on Wednesday. The building is just as rinky-dink as I expected, but although some of the kids in my classes are hicks and potheads, not everyone’s that bad. I sort of make friends with a girl named Aimee who’s in Geometry with me. On Thursday, I ask her if she knows anyone named Danny, if he ever went to school here or anything. I tell her his age—seventeen—and describe his appearance.

She’s never heard of him. Weird….

And then on Friday evening, when I’ve just about given up hope, I find him. It’s the day before Halloween, and I’m kind of moping around, wishing I was back at home and getting ready for Aaron’s party tomorrow night. Instead, I’m stuck here, not knowing anyone at my new school well enough yet to make plans with them. Chase and I begged Mom to let us drive home this weekend and see our friends, but she was dead-set against it, saying that we ought to focus on getting settled in here first.

Now I’m sitting on the back porch of the farm house, listening to my iPod and wishing I was anywhere but here, when I get that feeling again—that strange, shimmery, mysterious feeling I had on the trail at the park last Saturday.

I pull out my ear buds, turn off the iPod, and listen, straining to hear anything unusual above the night noises that surround me, the sound of the TV show Uncle Lenny’s watching inside the house.

And then…

“Harper!” Danny’s voice, little more than a whisper, floats to me across the expanse of back yard.

I stand up and run across the leaf-littered grass, not stopping until I reach the trees that border the yard, beyond the rickety barn and shed. How did I know exactly where Danny would be? I just knew. The guy sure likes the woods.

He steps away from the overhanging foliage and grins at me, cute and cocky and full of an almost ethereal light that lingers only a moment before vanishing. “Harper,” he repeats, touching my arm.

“Danny!” I say. “How did you know where to find me?” My head is spinning; my breath is short. Danny is a riddle.

He shrugs. “I know my way around this town. But, please, be quiet. I don’t want anyone to hear us.”

I take a step backward. “But why not? My mom and Uncle Lenny aren’t weird about me having guys over, if that’s what you think. One thing I’ll say for Mom is that she isn’t strict. Uncle Lenny, either. He can really party when he wants to.” I tug Danny’s arm. “Come on, come meet them. Then maybe we can rent a movie or something.

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