The Unintentional Time Traveler (Time Guardians Book 1) by Everett Maroon

Author:Everett Maroon [Maroon, Everett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Booktrope
Published: 2014-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

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The morning was chilly enough that I had to spend ten minutes scraping frost off the windows of my car. The freaking scraper sucked, peeling back a quarter inch of frost even though the blade was like five inches wide. Down the street, I saw Jay trying and failing to get his engine to turn over. I hopped in and drove up beside him, my heater blowing near-freezing air at the glass. Leaning over to the passenger side, I rolled down my window.

“Do you need a jump?” I asked. He considered ignoring me but then sighed.

“My father says it’s the alternator, not the battery.” He looked defeated.

“So get in, I’ll drive you to school.”

“I don’t think so.” He held the steering wheel hard.

“Jay, the bus left already, and Jeannine’s gone. Just get in so you can get to class.”

“Fine.” He grabbed his backpack and clambered in, the window vibrating after he shut the door. I headed off.

“So look,” I said, but he cut me off.

“How about you don’t talk while I’m here?”

“Jay, come on, we used to be friends. Good friends.”

Sanjay gritted his teeth and talked through them. I could see his chest puffing quickly in and out as he tried to control his breathing.

“You made it clear you don’t want to be friends anymore.”

At a stop sign, I hesitated. “I can only say I’m sorry and try to make amends, man. I was an ass.”

“Boy, were you ever,” said Jay. I hoped he would smile.

“I miss you.”

“I miss you too, but in a different way, Jack. And you’re not ever going to feel the same way.”

My first thought was Oh my God I blew him off after a flirt or something. That was bad enough. My second thought was a thousand times more depressing.

If only you knew, buddy.

“Can we just see if we can take it a day at a time? I think we can both use a friend to help us deal with our families, at least.”

“Well, that’s the truth,” he said, sounding like he was trying to keep from choking. “If my family found out, they would disown me. Literally.”

“If you ever want to talk, I’ll listen.”

“You’ve sure worked on getting in touch with your feminine side,” he said as we pulled away. He rubbed his eyes.

“It’s something I picked up at the gym,” I said. That brought a laugh out of him, and we drove the last few blocks to school. Puffs of frost appeared before our faces as we crossed the parking lot. Dang this heater took a long time to get going.

Jay headed off to his locker with only a small wave.

I hadn’t seen any need to stay in school except that the truancy officer had finally called my father after a month of skipping class. I didn’t need to worry my parents, and I acknowledged that it helped me feel rooted in this time, which was my time, after all. But my grades were ass.

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