The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith

Author:Amber Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

The next thing I know, I’m opening my eyes, Mara shaking my shoulder. Alex standing behind her, their voices blending together, saying, “Wake up! Get up! Get up!”

“Dude, get up—Troy!” he shouts.

“Edy, it’s three in the morning—we need to get out of here!”

“Oh, man,” Troy mumbles, moving his arm from behind my neck.

I sit up slowly from this total stranger’s arms. “What happened?”

“We all fell asleep,” Mara answers. “Now we have to hurry the hell up and get home before we’re on house arrest until we’re twenty-one!” Mara shouts, pulling on my arm.

We hurry to gather all our things and race down the stairs and across the bridges, holding our shoes in our hands.

“OhmyGodohmyGodohmyGod,” Mara mutters under her breath the entire way to the car.

“Bye!” the guys call after us.

“We are so fucked!” Mara yells once we get in the car.

“Okay, calm down. There’s a perfectly good lie that can explain everything. Let’s just think. You said you were staying at my house. I said I was staying at your house. Change of plans. We stayed at Megan’s house instead.”

“Who’s Megan?” she cries as we peel out of the parking lot.

“It doesn’t matter,” I tell her, my mind thinking quickly. “We stayed up late and we were all having a good time until she started being mean and we got in an argument and left. That’s why we’re coming home in the middle of the night. See? Not fucked, okay?”

“You think that will work?” she asks frantically.

“Yes. Just stick to the story and act like it’s the truth. Remember how good you were with the gas station guy?” I remind her.

“Uh-huh,” she murmurs, looking like she might actually cry.

“Same thing. Except easier, because my parents will believe anything. Trust me,” I assure her.

We make it to my house in only eleven minutes. Mara and I tiptoe through my front door and pause, listening for any signs that we might be caught. I silently lock the door behind us and we move to my bedroom as fast as we can. I press my hand gently against my bedroom door so it just clicks into place. I turn around to face Mara, who’s standing in the middle of my bedroom with her hands palms up, her mouth hanging open.

“Did we just seriously pull this off?” she asks slowly, her mouth closing with a grin, grabbing both of my hands in hers.

“I think we did!” I whisper back.

“Holy shit!” Mara squeals, jumping up and down.

“Shh-shh,” I mouth, silently laughing.

We change out of our weed-stenched clothes and into pajamas. I roll out my sleeping bag on the floor as Mara climbs into my bed. I lie down and take a deep breath.

“We are totally badass, you realize that, right?” Mara whispers.

I feel myself grin. “Good night.”

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