Places We've Never Been by Kasie West

Author:Kasie West [West, Kasie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2022-05-30T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

I sat on the floor next to my suitcase, studying each outfit I’d brought. I had not packed for a dance in the middle of an RV park in the middle of Wyoming. Actually, not the middle of Wyoming. Kind of on the edge of Wyoming, if I remembered the map right, but whatever part of Wyoming we were in, I did not think there was going to be dancing.

Ezra was ready and waiting outside but my mom was in her bed reading a book.

“What do you think about this one?” I asked Mom.

She laid her open book on her chest. “Might be kind of cold for a sundress once the sun goes down.”

“The only other thing I brought is T-shirts, jeans, and shorts. And my interview outfit, but Willow says it looks like something a librarian would wear, so I don’t think it would work for a dance.”

“The librarian I know wears T-shirts and jeans. Her T-shirts say the funniest things on them too. Book this. My schedule is booked up. The book was better.” Mom, who’d been looking up while trying to recall the snarky T-shirts, returned her attention to me. I was still holding up the dress. “I’m sorry, yes, wear the sundress. It’s cute. Or wear a paper bag if you want, you’d be cute in whatever.”

“Why do parents say stuff like that? Nobody would be cute in a paper bag. So now I question whether or not your sundress opinion is valid.”

She smiled and threw something at me that hit my arm and landed in my open suitcase. It was a hair tie.

I picked it up and twisted it and untwisted it around my finger a few times. “You tired? It’s only seven.”

“No, just reading.” She showed me her book.

“What are you and Olivia going to do while we’re gone?”

“Maybe we’ll walk around or turn in early. I’m not sure.”

“Are you fighting with her?” I didn’t know why I asked that. I hadn’t seen signs of it. But maybe she and Olivia were having the same issues as me and Skyler—time away had put a strain on things—and that’s what was bothering her.

“With Olivia?” She laughed. “No, of course not.”

Now I felt stupid for asking. Of course not. That was only my problem. “Okay, good.” I held my sundress up to my body and my eyes caught on something in the corner of my suitcase. Another note. I unfolded it. This was a picture of mountains and two stick figures climbing one of the peaks together. It’s the climb. We used to say that whenever something silly happened: like they were out of the taco we wanted at the food truck on campus or the size shirt we wanted when we were shopping.

I smiled and tucked it back into my suitcase. That’s when I saw something else. The friendship bracelet from Skyler. Maybe its best friend juju could work some magic. Trying not to think about it too hard, I slipped it on my wrist, then went to the bathroom to change.

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