Point of Retreat

Point of Retreat Read Free

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Author: Colleen Hoover
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what?” Lake adds.
     
    I’m curious, too. Gavin just leans back in his seat with a smile on his face, waiting for us to guess.
     
    Eddie gives him a shove. “Tell us!” she says.
     
    He leans forward in his chair and slaps his hands on the table. “I got a job! At Getty’s, delivering pizza!”
     
    He looks happy for some reason.
     
    “ That’s your sweet? You’re a pizza delivery guy?” Eddie asks. “That’s more like a suck .”
     
    “You know I’ve been looking for a job. And it’s Getty’s. We love Getty’s!”
     
    Eddie rolls her eyes. “Well, congratulations,” she says, unconvincingly.
     
    “Do we get free pizza?” Kel asks.
     
    “No, but we get a discount,” Gavin replies.
     
    “That’s my sweet , then,” Kel says. “Cheap pizza!” Gavin looks pleased that someone is excited for him. “My suck today was Mrs. Brill,” Kel says.
     
    “Oh lord, what’d she do?” Lake asks him. “Or better yet, what did you do?”
     
    “It wasn’t just me,” Kel says.
     
    Caulder puts his elbow on the table and tries to hide his face from my line of sight.
     
    “What did you do, Caulder?” I ask him. He brings his hand down and looks up at Gavin. Gavin puts his elbow on the table and shields his face from my line of sight as well. He continues to eat as he ignores my glare. “Gavin? What prank did you tell them about this time?”
     
    Gavin grabs two fries and throws them at Kel and Caulder. “No more! I’m not telling you any more stories. You two get me in trouble every time!” he says. Kel and Caulder laugh and throw the fries back at him.
     
    “I’ll tell on them, I don’t mind,” Kiersten says. “They got in trouble at lunch. Mrs. Brill was on the other side of the cafeteria and they were thinking of a way to get her to run. Everyone says she waddles like a duck when she runs, and we wanted to see it. So Kel pretended he was choking and Caulder made a huge spectacle and got behind him and started beating on his back, pretending he was giving him the Heimlich maneuver. It freaked Mrs. Brill out! When she got to our table, Kel said he was all better. He told Mrs. Brill that Caulder saved his life. It would have been fine, but she had already told someone to call 911. Within minutes, two ambulances and a fire truck showed up to the school. One of the boys at the next table told Mrs. Brill they were faking the whole thing, so Kel got called to the office.”
     
    Lake leans forward and glares at Kel. “Please tell me this is a joke.”
     
    Kel looks up at her with an innocent look across his face. “It was a joke. I really didn’t think anyone would call 911. Now I have to spend all next week in detention.”
     
    “Why didn’t Mrs. Brill call me?” Lake asks him.
     
    “I’m pretty sure she did,” he says. “You can’t find your phone, remember?”
     
    “Ugh! If she calls me in for another conference, you’re grounded!”
     
    I look at Caulder and he’s attempting to avoid my gaze. “Caulder, what about you? Why didn’t Mrs. Brill try to call me?”
     
    He turns toward me and gives me a mischievous grin. “Kel lied for me. He told her I really thought he was choking and that I was trying to save his life,” he says. “Which brings me to my sweet for the day. I was rewarded for my heroic behavior. Mrs. Brill gave me two free study hall passes.”
     
    Only Caulder could find a way to avoid detention and get rewarded instead. “You two need to cut that crap out,” I say to them. “And Gavin, no more prank stories.”
     
    “Yes, Mr. Cooper,” Gavin says sarcastically. “But I have to know,” he says, looking at the kids. “Does she really waddle?”
     
    “Yeah,” Kiersten laughs. “She’s a waddler, alright.” She looks at Caulder. “What was your suck, Caulder?”
     
    Caulder gets a serious look on his face. “My best friend almost choked to death today. He could have died.”
     
    We all laugh. As much as Lake and I try to do the

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