Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen

Author:Susin Nielsen [Susin Nielsen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780553496925
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

“Ha-ha.” It came out muffled.

We found two seats near the back. I do not understand why buses don’t come equipped with seat belts. It’s just common sense.

I started another deep-breathing exercise. Aside from my loud inhalations and exhalations, we made the journey in silence.

Ivan was waiting for us when we got off the bus. He wore a shiny black tracksuit. “It’s the best I could do,” he said. “My mom bought it for me.”

“That makes it perfect,” said Jacob.

Koula and Alonzo stepped off another bus a few minutes later. Koula was still grounded, but her dad was attending a Greek Cultural Society banquet and wouldn’t be home till late, so she’d snuck out. She wore a short black dress with black fishnet tights, red Doc Martens, and a black bomber jacket. Her nose still showed signs of rug burn from her fall. “I brought flowers,” she said, her voice subdued. She held up a limp bouquet of carnations dyed a garish blue. “You said blue was your mom’s favorite color.”

It was becoming harder to completely hate her.

As we headed toward the cemetery entrance I fell into step beside her. “How are you doing?”

“Meh,” she said. “But thanks for asking.”

We arrived at the entrance. We’d worked out all the final details of our plan at YART—Alonzo had even made a checklist—but we’d forgotten one thing.

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