Chapter 1
"Hey Jo" Rico says, sneaking up on me at my locker.
I turn to him, "What's up?"
"Just wondering if we are still on for going to the diner after school to cram for that history test, I could really use your help."
"Mhm. Yeah sure, we are still on." I reply.
"Is something wrong?" Rico asks using his worried tone.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just can't wrap my head around Danny's behavior Friday night, he was acting so … weird."
"Really I didn't notice, he was probably—" Rico starts before being interrupted by my phone alerting me that I have a new text message. As I check the message from a blocked number, I realize it's a video. As it starts, I can tell right away that it was filmed secretly, but as I look closer I can see its two teenagers making out. Rico leans over "Hey that's Lacey! And that's –"
"Hey guys, watcha watching?" Says the boy in the video. The boy making out with Lacey from the video. My best friend. Danny Desai.
Anger overcomes me. And I'm forced into following my instincts, so I run. I can hear Danny and Rico yelling after me, but I keep going until I bump into another familiar face.
"Whoa now Masterson, no need to run" Tyler says in that overly confident tone he uses.
"Did you record this? Are you the one that sent this to me?" I ask as I shove my phone into Tyler's face, revealing the video I just received.
"What? Wait? Is that Desai? With Lacey Porter?" Tyler pauses. "Nice one, Desai."
I scoff, disgusted by the comment.
Noticing my reaction, Tyler says "Oh, wait. Jo are you okay? I know you kind of like the guy. And it wasn't me, I didn't send that video, or record it."
"Good." I reply as I turn to walk away.
Grabbing my arm, Tyler asks "But seriously, are you okay?"
Overcome with emotion, I fall into Tyler's open arms and start to tear up. Noticing my burst of emotion, Tyler drags me out of the school.
"Where are we going?" I ask.
"We are going to take a little road trip." He replies with that toothy grin as we walk outside the school's front doors.
"I can't skip school" I tell Tyler as he leads me toward his Jeep.
"Yes you can Masterson, everyone does it. One time won't kill you."
"Obviously everyone does not do it. I haven't and I doubt Rico has either." I reply, pointing out a flaw in his statement.
"Come on Jo, live on the edge just once. Do it for me" Tyler says, giving me those puppy eyes. With a big sigh, I crawl into his massive car, giving him his answer. "Smile, this will be fun" Tyler instructs me.
I give him a fake smile and he returns with a fake laugh as he drives out of the parking lot. I start to say, "its official, I'm ditching school. I'm going to be in so much trouble." But as I look over to Tyler and see his smiling face as he lip sings to the Luke Bryan song blaring through the speaking, I think to myself, maybe this will be worth it.
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