Chapter Fifty-Six
Xavier "That. Was. f*****g. Awesome!" Essais bounces down the path on the balls of his heels, bursting with excitement. "What a rush. Seriously, what a rush. I've never had this much adrenaline pumping through my body in my life. Is this what drugs feel like? Maybe I should start doing drugs." "Don't do drugs," Landon and I say at the same time. Essais grabs a pine tree by the trunk and swings his scrawny body around like he's Gene Kelly in Singing In The Rain. He's making such a commotion that I feel like I should intervene, but at the same time, he looks too happy to be stopped. Landon raises an eyebrow at me and asks, "Do you think he's even broken a rule in his life?" "Outlook not so good." Essais skips away from the tree, attempts a cart-wheel, lands awkwardly on his butt,
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