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If my life had a soundtrack, right now it would be playing banjo music. We pulled into the rocky driveway of our new house in Freeburg, Pennsylvania, and all I saw for miles was corn, cows, and woods. It was a miracle my cell phone still worked, because I felt like I’d fallen off the face of the planet. “We’re here!” Dad crowed, pivoting in his seat to give Haylie and me a maniacal grin. Which fit, considering I thought he was bonkers for making us move from NYC to the sticks. I’d think he was having a mid-life crisis but he’s not old enough. “Lissy, help me!” Haylie kicked her legs in her car seat. “Lissa, help your sister,” Mom said, like I hadn’t heard. “One second, Hails.” I un-clicked my seat belt and opened my car door. The glare …show more content…

“You look like a movie star.” Haylie giggled and felt her head. “I have flowers in my hair!” “Flowers everywhere…” Dad sang in a baritone voice. He and Mom were already on their third load of boxes. He nudged open the front door open with his foot and disappeared inside. “Come on, Hails,” I said. “Let’s go check out the new digs.” I took a deep breath and picked up my box, heading into the house. I’d been here before. The house wasn’t huge, but it wasn’t small either. It was one story, with a living room that opened into a dining room and then a kitchen. The bedrooms were in the back – three of them. Haylie and I would share a bathroom that connected two of them. “Look at all this space! And furniture!” Mom patted the coffee table. Aunt Lucy had left us all of her furniture, which was good or bad depending on whether you liked clunky, dark stuff decorated with roses wherever possible. “Yeah, lucky us.” The whole place felt alien. I already missed our cheerful hardwood floors, and the cream-colored walls, and our kitchen counter with stools where Taylor and Casey and I used to hang out and talk while eating pizza. I was one hundred percent sure that we couldn’t get pizza delivery out

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