Saving June by Hannah Harrington

Author:Hannah Harrington [Harrington, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781921794094
Google: D3lnYYTmW74C
Amazon: 0373210248
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-04-30T17:00:00+00:00

The afternoon is blazing by the time we hit St. Louis, and once we find it, Laney drags me along for the ride to the top of the arch thingamabob—or, as the plaque underneath it proclaims, the Gateway Arch. There are white pod-type cars for the trip up, and in a few minutes we’re at the top viewing area, where the small windows treat us to a breathtaking view of the city sprawled out below, tall buildings jutting into the picture-perfect blue sky. It makes me wish I’d brought my better camera instead of my Polaroid.

When we come down, Jake is waiting for us, juggling two chili dogs, three Cokes and some fries. He hands one chili dog and a Coke to me, and the fries and a Coke to Laney.

“How was the ride?” he asks.

I shrug. “Okay.”

“It was awesome!” Laney plops down on the grass and shoves a handful of fries into her mouth. “You have, like, no sense of adventure.”

“I do too!”

“Oh, come off it. You’d never do anything fun if I didn’t drag you into it, kicking and screaming.”

“Maybe I’m just not in the mood for having fun right now,” I retort sharply.

A wave of instant regret hits me at the hurt look on Laney’s face.

“It was a joke, Harper,” she says. Her voice is calm but firm. “Look, I know that this is a…bad time for you. The worst, even. I get it. I get it, and I’m trying to be patient, because I know you don’t mean it when you turn me into your punching bag. But cut me some damn slack already, would you? I’m on your side here.”

She’s right. Of course she’s right. I know if I don’t stop being so awful and pushing her away like this, one day she’ll reach her breaking point, and she won’t be there at all. And what would I do then? She’s my best friend. My only real friend. I need her.

“I’m sorry,” I say quietly. I sit cross-legged on the grass beside her, and after a minute, I bump my shoulder against hers. “Anyway, your idea of fun is driving to Canada to get your tongue pierced.”

I steal one of her fries and smile a little, and Laney smiles back, which makes me feel better.

“What’s your point? It’d be wicked. I’d do it just to see my mother’s face.” She pauses to mop her mouth off with a napkin. “Hey, Jake, thanks for the fries.”

“Yeah, well, I figured you might be hungry,” he says. “By the way, I found a pay phone and got hold of Seth. He got back to White Haven with Danny and Anna. Devon’s the only one in the group who got arrested. He’s still in jail.”

“He can’t afford bail?” I ask.

“Oh, he can afford it. His parents are loaded. But Seth tells me he’s really stoked about starting a hunger strike.”

God, what an idiot. Laney rolls her eyes and says, “He says that now. Just you watch, boy’s gonna get shanked.

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