Chapter One I have solid plans Not just for today or tomorrow but for the next ten years My plans are going to take me places And yet here I am in the same old place listening to Kiara She’s been my best friend since second grade and she’s great She is But lately I’ve started to wonder what we have in common 1
K L Denman We’re doing what we usually do after school hanging out in her room She has spent the last twenty minutes talking about the utter cuteness of Omar Bari’s eyes She thinks they are so deep Then she compares them to the amazing wonder of Liam Parks’s biceps Liam does have freakishly large biceps I’ve told Kiara I don’t have time to waste on guys They only cause trouble But does she listen No She is not a listener she’s a talker Her parents regularly threaten her with duct tape They’ve never actually taped her mouth shut but they keep rolls of tape on hand My method to shut her up is to shut myself down I stop making eye contact I don’t give her the smallest Uh-huh It usually works Like now she finally (cid:192)(cid:82)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:69)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:3) at her desk push my glasses into place they’re always sliding down my nose 2
Quiz Queens and get started on my homework Three whole minutes of silence pass Omigod Jane Can you believe this Kiara taps the tablet screen It says my animal spirit totem is the coyote As if Another online personality quiz I ask Yeah And it’s so wrong She tosses back her ponytail I should have got the deer At least they’re pretty Or the wolf Wolves are cooler than coyotes I shake my head I don’t know why you keep doing those things Because they’re fun How are they fun I ask You hardly ever like the results Kiara looks surprised No way Remember the fairy one I did yesterday It said I was a flower fairy and it described me perfectly It said I’m sweet as nectar and love being around happy people Totally accurate 3
