Lane Life According To Maps 3 – Nash Summers

“Oh. Uh.” Lane scratched the back of his head. “I actually kind of want to do that. You’ll probably be way too tired from all the party crashing you’re about to do.” “Right! Good thinking.” Lane slid his hand down Maps’ arm and twined their fingers together. A sizzle of electricity struck Maps all over making his heart go a little hog wild.

He was completely thrilled with the way the evening was going. Not only would Maps be able to cross two things off his list, he was going to hang out with Lane all night. “Hey,” Lane said, “before we go…” He swivelled Maps around and pressed him up against the car door. He cupped Maps’ jaw in his hand and in the same smooth motion, leaned forward to touch their lips together.

Lane tasted like root beer and smelled like cheap teenage deodorant, and Maps was falling for Lane. There were no two ways about it. It was either falling in love or angina, and Maps was an optimist, after all. When Lane pulled away, Maps grabbed the hemline of his T-shirt, forcing a chuckle out of him. “Ah, Maps,” he said. “You’re the most interesting person I know.” “You’re the best-looking person I know.” “Don’t tell Benji. I think he has a bit of an ego.”

Maps gagged. “Ew. Like I’d notice if Benji was good looking. Does he even have a face? I don’t remember.” Lane laughed and took his hand again. Together they walked across the street toward the house that was about to get crashed. It was a two-level split with a big tree in the front yard and a rusted-gold mailbox next to the front door. They walked up the small stone path in the middle of the lawn until they heard voices and low music coming from the back yard.

That must be where all the action is happening.

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OceanofPDF.com For Teagan, who makes me laugh. OceanofPDF.com CHAPTER ONE “MOM, you’re acting like a crazy person. I know the problem can’t be me, so what’s this really about? Are you and Dad having marital problems? Benji says when his parents are having marital problems, they’re cranky all the time.

And you have been super cranky. “Are you mad at Dad because he laughed about your new haircut last week when he thought you weren’t looking? Because I don’t think you should hold that against him. He really didn’t think you’d find out.” Maps’ dad, who was sitting at the dining room table, made a choking, gurgling noise. Maps sat in the very familiar place in the center of the sofa with his mom hovering over him, hands on her hips, face redder than molten lava.

“You can’t get divorced, Mom. Think of what it would do to me! I absolutely cannot come from a broken home. I’d become a child of woe, a delinquent, a nomadic rebel with a troubled past, traveling the countryside, aiding others, searching for the missing part of my own childhood. Sure, I’d have some crazy, gunslinging adventures, and save a few damsels, but it will never fill the vacant hole in my heart, Mom.

No matter how many people I help, I’ll never be able to fill the hole in my chest left by a broken home.” Maps was being such a good son. He was calming down his irrationally furious mother and helping his Dad out at the same time. His dad would definitely thank him later.

Maybe he’d even up Maps’ allowance. “Matthew. Can’t you at least try to take this seriously for a change?” his mother asked. Maps was deeply offended. “I am deeply offended, mother. I, of course, take each of your tantrums seriously.” “This is not a fit! This is a lecture, and I don’t think you’re taking it seriously. Matthew, you’re nearing the end of your senior year, and you haven’t even thought about applying to colleges.”

“I have thought about it!” She sighed heavily, wiping her hand over her face. “But you haven’t done anything about it. What are you going to do when Lane and Benji go off to college?” “Pft.” Maps snorted. He leaned back against the sofa and crossed his arms. “Like Benji could go anywhere without me.”

“What your father and I are saying is that we need you to start thinking about your future.

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