The Hunting Trip

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 24] Thanksgiving went how Thanksgiving usually went. My dad and my uncle— they are brothers— watch football in the living room. Todd and Seth, my cousins, tried to play a board game with me and my sister. Monopoly goes really slowly when two people playing want to watchContinue reading “The Hunting Trip”

How to Stand Up for Yourself

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 23] I made it through the rest of the school day feeling good about making Kyle tell the truth. My Rune Quest items were still gone though. There was that Max kid, too, who had tossed all of them. Even if I knew his name, I probably wouldn’tContinue reading “How to Stand Up for Yourself”

End of the Friendship

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 19] Did I mention before that sleepovers planned ahead of time are the best? Not long after waking up, Kyle and I started smelling breakfast being cooked in the kitchen. It was the smell of bacon, something that we rarely had in my house. When we came outContinue reading “End of the Friendship”

Other People are Hard

The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 17] Do you know how when you get a new thing you want to use it all the time? You also can’t help wanting to talk to people about it, too. I mean, the internet wasn’t really new. But having it be really fast was something new. RuneContinue reading “Other People are Hard”