Yesterday by Martin C. K. Kelly

Author:Martin, C. K. Kelly [Martin, C. K. Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, General Fiction, Suspense, Science Fiction, Young Adult
ISBN: 9780375866500
Google: iwFvxZYgkmQC
Amazon: 0375866507
Goodreads: 13414553
Publisher: Ember
Published: 2012-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

t h i r t e e n

On-screen a teenage redhead is applying lipstick by sticking the tube in her cleavage and then lowering her head to her blouse. The girl reminds me of one of Nicolette’s friends and the second I fi nd myself thinking that, I miss Sir John A. MacDonald High School with a passion, even the stupid parts of it like how everybody hung out in tribes and there was a permanent draft in our English classroom.

I miss the morning Derrick and I hung out at the museum together and the day Christine dyed my hair. I miss kidding around with Kyle about Greek myths and how he told me he liked my hair, even though I’d turned him down just the week before.

I wish I’d paid more attention to all of them and I wonder, if I hadn’t seen Garren outside the museum ten days ago, could I eventually have been happy in my new life? It’s a traitorous thing to consider— being happy with a falsity when my father’s been murdered— and I only think it for a moment.

Next to me Garren is quiet, facing the movie screen but not really absorbing the images. I know what he’s thinking without having to ask because I’m thinking most of the same things. That the life we thought we had is in the past. We’ll never see our mothers again. We won’t be able to graduate or get degrees. I’m not sure how we’ll even feed ourselves.

On top of that he’s unhappy about the extra day’s wait to leave town. He didn’t protest when I told him about the Monday afternoon appointment I’d made with Lou Bianchi and that almost made me feel worse than if he had, like he’s either given up on some level or is planning to run off without me during the middle of the night.

By the time the credits have rolled and we’re stepping into the darkness again I’m so anxious to know which scenario I’m dealing with that I come straight out and ask Garren whether he’s going to wait for me or if he thinks his chances are better alone. The city light we’re passing under illuminates his shock. His pupils shine like faraway stars as he says, “If I told you I wouldn’t wait, would you come with me tomorrow?”

I want to say yes but I can’t. “Where?” I ask.

“We should avoid the border— we’re missing persons. So east or west.” He shrugs. “Take your pick.”

I haven’t answered the original question and Garren angles himself away from me and adds, “You do know we ultimately have to go, right? What if this guy can’t tell you anything on Monday? Are you going to shut down on me and go into denial? Because I swear I won’t wait then. If this guy has nothing to say to you I’m not going to sit around while you call up all the hypnotherapists in the yellow pages.

This is it. ”

“I know.” I nod heavily, my chin pulled close to my chest.

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