Run For Cover by Gray Eva

Author:Gray, Eva [Gray, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Itzy, Kickass.to
ISBN: 9780545389235
Amazon: B005456EPG
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-07-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

I’m frantically tossing aside options in my head, but before I can do anything, Evelyn barks, “Hey, you, there!”

The truck driver sees us and looks as startled as I am. She squints at Evelyn and me. “Who are you?”

“Who am I?” Evelyn says with grand indignation. “Me? Did you really just ask me that? Who am I?” She gives me an outraged look. “Did you hear that? She doesn’t know who I am!”

I fumble to play along. “Gosh. Uh, wow. Shocking Bet your dad won’t be happy to hear about that.”

“I’ll say! He’ll be just furious! What’s your name?” Evelyn demands.

The driver is so taken aback by Evelyn’s attitude that she seems to forget she’s being bossed around by a teenager. “Gladys Cato,” she answers.

“Write that down,” Evelyn says to me, then sails on while I check my pockets, which of course don’t have paper or a pen in them. But neither Evelyn nor Gladys notices. “My dad will be hearing about this,” Evelyn goes on. “Imagine my own driver not having any idea who I am!”

“Oh, no, miss,” Gladys says, rubbing her short blond hair anxiously. “There must be some mistake. I’m here for these boxes. Nobody said nothing about no kid.”

“Boxes?” Evelyn says, giving them an airy look as if she’s just spotted them. “You mean you’re not my ride to Madison?”

“No way,” says Gladys. “I’m going to New York. Special delivery. No passengers.”

None that you know about, anyway, I think. And also: Chicago’s on the way to New York. Perfect.

“Oh,” Evelyn says. “Well, that explains that. My goodness. You’d better go tell the guy in there that you’re only here for these boxes, then. He was sure you were driving my whole family to Madison. He’ll need to see your papers and everything.” She points at the filing storage building.

“But I showed them to the other soldier —” Gladys starts.

“Doesn’t matter. That’s the hierarchy, you know? I mean, I should know, with my dad at the top!” Evelyn says. “You’d better hurry, before that guy leaves for lunch.”

“Yes, right, okay,” says the truck driver. She grabs her clipboard and trots off, looking flustered.

We wait until she disappears into the low wooden building, and then Evelyn and I leap into the truck and scramble through the tunnel of boxes the others have built. They’ve made a hole near the back wall, with just enough room for the seven of us to sit huddled together. As soon as Evelyn and I are clear, Ryan and Louisa shove boxes around to fill in the tunnel, until it looks from the outside like a solid wall of boxes.

“That was awesome!” I whisper to Evelyn. “How did you do that?”

“I always thought I should be an actress,” she says, beaming. “You know, there used to be a famous improv group in Chicago. My mom told me about it. I think I would have been perfect for it, don’t you?”

“Yeah, totally,” I say, and I really mean it. For the first time, Evelyn’s actually impressed me.

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