commanded.
The sound of the engine starting up was an overwhelming sound. It brought tears to Saki’s eyes. And in a flash, Lane was on his feet and throwing his arms around her. Both laughed drunkenly and Lane took hold of the wheel.
“Show me the phone. Let’s get us home.”
Saki collected the phone from her bag. She turned it on as she joined Lane behind the wheel. The app turned on immediately and Nassau looked directly north of their position. Lane reoriented the boat and as the dot representing them on the phone blipped toward Nassau, the phone shut off.
“What happened?” Lane demanded.
“It’s dead,” Saki explained looking up at him.
After sharing an extended gaze, Lane‘s demeanor changed. “That’s okay. We know which way were going. We just have to keep the boat pointed due north,” he said, pointing at the compass in front of him, “and we’ll be okay. That’s how sailors did it for hundreds of years. We got this,” he emphasized with a smile.
Hours passed before anything happened. Miles of water was replaced by more water. Saki wasn’t sure what time it was, but she was sure the first school bell had already rung. It was now a matter of how late she would be for school and how much her mother would overreact to her being missing.
The sight of land on the horizon was an overwhelming experience. It was still possible that it was the wrong island, but wherever it was, they now knew they would live. Rounding the island brought Paradise Island Bridge into view, and Saki jumped a little with excitement.
With the celebration aside, they knew what they had to do next, after kissing the ground. They had to call her mother and get to school. They couldn’t arrive at the same time. At some point, Dax‘s pack had to see that both of them were there. Although Saki looked burnt to a crisp, Lane‘s dark complexion simply glowed a little. It was impossible to tell that he had spent two days in the sun even if it was obvious that she had.
“I was staying at a friend’s house, Mom,” she said, offering a horrible excuse. “I’m sorry, I forgot to call… I can’t, I have to get to school… Yes, I’ll be there… Yes…. I said I’m sorry… Yes Mom, I’ll be there… Bye.”
Saki hung up Lane‘s phone, which was plugged into the car charger, and turned to Lane as they sat, parked in front of her house. “Yeah, she completely flipped out. This isn’t gonna be good.”
“You ready for this?”
“Yeah. Let’s get this over with,” Saki concluded.
On the drive to school, the two compared class schedules. Saki still had time to make it to the beginning of English class where Patrick would see her. If Lane showed up at lunch, Gully and Frank would definitely be there. In this scenario, their appearances would be staggered and with any luck, they could get away with it.
Saki stepped into English class seconds after the bell. Patrick looked up at her with a distorted look on his face. She took the seat next to him and took out her books.
“What happened to your face? You are completely burnt,” Patrick inquired.
Her reply came to her like a revelation. “My family went to the beach on Sunday, and I fell asleep in the sun. I was throwing up from sun poisoning last night so my mom took me to the doctor this morning to get something for it.”
Saki did her best to hold back her self-satisfaction. It was some quick on-her-feet thinking, and she knew it. Barring the twins leaking that she had been missing all weekend, no one had reason to believe anything else.
“Oh man, that sucks,” he whispered under the voice of the teacher.
“I’m feeling better though, thanks,” she said, turning her attention to class.
By homeroom, everyone had heard about her horrible case of sun poisoning and offered her sympathy. A few of the darker-skinned students had never even heard of sun poisoning before, and Saki enlightened them.
Saki’s story did more to introduce the other students to her
The sound of the engine starting up was an overwhelming sound. It brought tears to Saki’s eyes. And in a flash, Lane was on his feet and throwing his arms around her. Both laughed drunkenly and Lane took hold of the wheel.
“Show me the phone. Let’s get us home.”
Saki collected the phone from her bag. She turned it on as she joined Lane behind the wheel. The app turned on immediately and Nassau looked directly north of their position. Lane reoriented the boat and as the dot representing them on the phone blipped toward Nassau, the phone shut off.
“What happened?” Lane demanded.
“It’s dead,” Saki explained looking up at him.
After sharing an extended gaze, Lane‘s demeanor changed. “That’s okay. We know which way were going. We just have to keep the boat pointed due north,” he said, pointing at the compass in front of him, “and we’ll be okay. That’s how sailors did it for hundreds of years. We got this,” he emphasized with a smile.
Hours passed before anything happened. Miles of water was replaced by more water. Saki wasn’t sure what time it was, but she was sure the first school bell had already rung. It was now a matter of how late she would be for school and how much her mother would overreact to her being missing.
The sight of land on the horizon was an overwhelming experience. It was still possible that it was the wrong island, but wherever it was, they now knew they would live. Rounding the island brought Paradise Island Bridge into view, and Saki jumped a little with excitement.
With the celebration aside, they knew what they had to do next, after kissing the ground. They had to call her mother and get to school. They couldn’t arrive at the same time. At some point, Dax‘s pack had to see that both of them were there. Although Saki looked burnt to a crisp, Lane‘s dark complexion simply glowed a little. It was impossible to tell that he had spent two days in the sun even if it was obvious that she had.
“I was staying at a friend’s house, Mom,” she said, offering a horrible excuse. “I’m sorry, I forgot to call… I can’t, I have to get to school… Yes, I’ll be there… Yes…. I said I’m sorry… Yes Mom, I’ll be there… Bye.”
Saki hung up Lane‘s phone, which was plugged into the car charger, and turned to Lane as they sat, parked in front of her house. “Yeah, she completely flipped out. This isn’t gonna be good.”
“You ready for this?”
“Yeah. Let’s get this over with,” Saki concluded.
On the drive to school, the two compared class schedules. Saki still had time to make it to the beginning of English class where Patrick would see her. If Lane showed up at lunch, Gully and Frank would definitely be there. In this scenario, their appearances would be staggered and with any luck, they could get away with it.
Saki stepped into English class seconds after the bell. Patrick looked up at her with a distorted look on his face. She took the seat next to him and took out her books.
“What happened to your face? You are completely burnt,” Patrick inquired.
Her reply came to her like a revelation. “My family went to the beach on Sunday, and I fell asleep in the sun. I was throwing up from sun poisoning last night so my mom took me to the doctor this morning to get something for it.”
Saki did her best to hold back her self-satisfaction. It was some quick on-her-feet thinking, and she knew it. Barring the twins leaking that she had been missing all weekend, no one had reason to believe anything else.
“Oh man, that sucks,” he whispered under the voice of the teacher.
“I’m feeling better though, thanks,” she said, turning her attention to class.
By homeroom, everyone had heard about her horrible case of sun poisoning and offered her sympathy. A few of the darker-skinned students had never even heard of sun poisoning before, and Saki enlightened them.
Saki’s story did more to introduce the other students to her
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