Janey found Jess in his bedroom, earbuds in, staring at his phone. All she had to do was hold out her hand, and he turned over his device. She stuck it in her back pocket without looking at it.
“What happened?” she asked.
“Nothing,” he said, sitting on the bed.
“Did you skip school?”
“Just last period, and it’s dumb anyway.”
“What’s last period?” Janey wanted to tell him that he had to go to school whether he thought it was dumb or not. She’d attended many college classes she found little value in. Matt had too.
“PE. He lets the kids do whatever after we run if we stay on the field, and the skate park is right by the school.”
In fact, the junior high fields were just through a chain link fence to the skate park. It was practically the same lot. “Did you do the running?”
“Yes.”
She
