The Big Reveal by Jen Larsen

Author:Jen Larsen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

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Bunches of kids are all headed back to the dorms, buffeting our own little group as we make our way together. Jack and Taylor are in front, in deep conversation about, I think, Taylor’s new socks, or soccer. Katherine and Nevaeh are behind them, arms linked. Katherine is glowing, Nevaeh laughing at her.

Snow is falling, giant fat flakes that land with a plop on your hood, not graceful at all, but the smell is so fresh, a sharp coldness in the air. Something about the snow makes all the students rowdy, everyone running screaming down the paths, skidding across the slippery parts, digging into the old snowbanks piled up along the sides of the walkways and throwing snowballs that are half ice. I slow down, fall behind because I get nervous when things get slippery.

I catch up with everyone where the sidewalk branches off toward the girls’ dorm. I sidle over to Jack and tug his sleeve.

“Hey,” I say, my voice pitched low, and I realize I’m not sure what I’m going to say. It’s loud out here, a group of kids hurtling by us, shouting, a chorus of singing.

Jack leans toward me, bringing his mouth close to my ear. “You were great.”

I shiver. I don’t think that’s what I was going to ask. But I’m not going to deny that it is nice to hear.

“Just FYI,” he says quickly. He glances up as the clock tower starts to strike ten. Taylor offers to race him back to the boys’ dorm, and they’re off, and that’s okay.

Katherine, Nevaeh, and I sprint down the path to ours before the clock finishes its countdown.

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