Chapter Eleven
I keep up a continual wave as people say hi and gesture from a distance, then nearly topple over when two of Sydney's friends crash into me at once.
"So how's life in the big city?"
"I can't wait to get out of this town!"
They both talk at once, and I can't help laughing. Bethany and Alaina have been twirling with Sydney since they were in elementary school, and I wonder that I haven't seen them at our house since I've been home.
Alaina, who is taller than I am now, backs away first and puts her arms around my sister.
"You look like twins!"
I don't get a chance to answer their initial questions, because the three of them are laughing now, and Bethany is whispering something to the other two. My smile is genuine and I can't hold it back, at least until
