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straight up in the air, dead serious expression on his face. “It's before six thirty.”
    “Thanks.” I say kicking him again. “But I actually want it to be the truth.”
    “Wouldn't you want it to be before five thirty, if you have to be back at six thirty? It took an hour to get out here.”
    “Oh shut up. This is not good.” I rub at my face with both hands. I know what the punishment is for not being back on time after an out weekend. Gated, which means I can’t leave campus at all for any reason unless the nurse thinks I’m dying, for a month, and if I’m really late they will take me off the swim team for a week as well.
    Keller jumps up, pulls the door open, dives in, lurches over to my side and shoves my door open. “Get in, it’s only five forty, we might make it back on time.”
    I stand in the same spot looking at the open door. He leans over again, looking up to my face. “You have to move your legs. They will help you to sit in this really crappy seat.” He strokes the seat next to him. “Then the car can drive you back.”
    “Right.” I answer nodding my head slowly. My brain isn’t working properly. “That sounds like a good idea.”
    “Remind me never to ask you to save the world or make me breakfast just after you wake up.” He steps on the gas pedal and spins the car around.
    “Do you list them with equal importance?”
    “Of course.” Then he grows serious. “Sorry. I guess you should have stayed at school and read that book.”
    “I wouldn't go that far.” And seeing as I'm not thinking straight. “So, how much trouble are you going to be in for ditching Hayden all day?”
    I watch his face to see if he's lying. “I can't get in trouble, she's not the boss of me.” He looks at me. I’m not going to say anything. “Okay, fine. She's going to be filthy with me,” he says, and I crack a small grin.
    “Mmm.” Is all I say, turning up the heater, my back is still a bit wet and it's making me cold.
    “There's a blanket on the back-seat if you want it.”
    I turn around in the seatbelt and pull the blanket over myself. Keller's pulling on the collar of his t-shirt.
    “You could have just told me to turn the heater down.” I shove the dial back to air conditioning.
    “It's not a problem.” He says sweetly.
    “How come you’re not wet? My back is still soaking.” Maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but still, he is perfectly dry.
    “I rolled over.” He says it with one finger up in the air, like he is passing on some great knowledge. I would love to say something smart back to him, but that's quite logical. I wish I had thought of that. But if I was thinking, I would have checked the time and got up before I was late.
    “You going to be in heaps of trouble?” He asks screwing up his face so he’s cringing for me.
    “Yip. It was a long weekend. So everyone has to be back by six thirty, all the teachers are on duty to make sure everyone gets everything together so that school can start as normal tomorrow.”
    “So heaps of trouble.” He looks apologetic.
    “Pretty much. Are you sure we came a whole hour out?”
    He laughs, “Sorry, I'm going as fast as I can.”
    “It's not your fault. I just can't believe I fell asleep, on the ground and I had this stone in my back the whole time too.” I hold up a strangely triangular stone that I picked out of my back. “It even stuck to me when I stood up.” I rub my back. “I think I have a dent in me. There is a hole in my back.” I say with my arm reaching up my back rubbing the small dent in my skin.
    “Next time, you need to turn yourself. Like you’re cooking a chicken.”
    I burst out laughing. “Like cooking a chicken. I'll remember that for next time.”
    “So you want to come out with me for a next time even though I made you incredibly late and got you in heaps of trouble?” He asks, and my heart starts beating at triple the rate it was.
    “I'll think about it. A lot depends on how much trouble you have got