The Reverse of Everything by Brown Tara

Author:Brown, Tara [Brown, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Tara Brown
Published: 2019-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

20

Homestead

Zoey

“What’s the plan?” I asked as we sat in the trucks, staring at the dark house we had followed the boys to.

“Go inside and sleep. I thought it seemed kinda obvious. Over.” Owen was sticking to the radio rules a little hard for someone who just got one.

“Fine.” I clicked off the radio and turned to Celeste and Rozzy. “Maybe they know the house?” I wasn't sure, none of us were, but we were way too tired to worry about it.

I climbed out of the truck, swallowing my uneasiness as the scent of a new place smacked me in the face. The wind was sharp, colder than before. The last town made new places scary. Racists. Bigots. Guns in my face. I regretted leaving home. But maybe we were on our way to a new home.

We’d driven two hundred of the four hundred and fifty we had to go.

Tomorrow would be a single short day of travel and we would be there. I couldn't wait. The road trip had turned into something I hadn’t expected. Though I wasn’t sure what I’d imagined would happen with a bunch of young people in an RV traveling the dying world.

How could you have imaginations or guesses? There was no precedent for this moment. We were in uncharted territory as far as historians were concerned.

“Come on,” Owen called to us.

The house was a ways off the road and completely dark. I didn’t know how or why the guys had chosen it, but they climbed from their truck more cavalier than I did.

Stan bounded about, sniffing like a maniac to find the sweet spot. When he finally did, he lifted his leg and began what I had to assume was the longest dog pee in the history of dog pees.

Since humans had officially ended recording events, we would never know, which meant I might have been right.

Everyone grabbed things from their vehicle and began the slow and cautious stroll up to the front door.

Except Westley who lingered at the truck for a moment before he made his way to me, staring like he was checking on me. As if anything could have happened to me while we were driving.

Celeste and Roz’s words loitered in my mind. Could they be correct? Did he honestly have a crush on me? Were we too old for crushes? Was it more or just some end-of-the-world nonsense? I almost didn’t want to know. I liked him, I could admit that here in the noise of my busy mind. But Owen . . .

Celeste met my gaze as she passed me, winking discreetly as Roz smiled wide and smug like Owen would’ve, had it been him who predicted this weird moment I wasn’t quite having yet but hovered on the precipice of. Possible precipice.

Though Owen wouldn’t have been smug.

He would have been heartbroken and asked me not to. Which was where my loyalty and the answer to the question of West would always sit. With Owen.

When Westley got to me, he

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