Tilt (2 page)
Authors: Ellen Hopkins
When We Finish
He Jolts Upright
He Is So Sincere
It’s a Silent Drive Home
Paying
My Parents
Should I Forgive and Forget?
Look Up “Hypocrite”
She’s Hanging On
Monterey
And at This Moment
Pamela Is Efficient
Mom Pulls Away
A Monster
The Worst Thing
I Watch Dad Now
It’s a Throw-Down
Evil Things
I Know It’s Stupid
Five Puffs Later
Childhood
I’ve Researched
Meanwhile, I’ll Keep Puking
Totally Overboard
She Knows!
Now Mom Notices
First Week
New Boyfriend, New Kitten
It’s Only Been a Couple of Days
Algebra and Chem
I Break a Small Sweat
Despite Our Hopes and Prayers
All Smiles
Even If That’s True
She Sighs
Too Many Secrets
Like Fourth of July
The Difference
Good Question
It’s Hard
It’s Even Harder
I Can’t Not
He’s Whining Now
Okay, That’s a Pisser
Seething
We Don’t Speak
I Try Not to Stress
As I Lie in Bed
Delicate
There’s Nothing I Can Do
He’ll Be Here Soon
I Don’t Know About That
Someone’s at the Front Door
Alex Trails Them
Alex Thinks It’s Romantic
Considering
Love Is Weird
The Perfect Kiss
And, for Once
Dad Is Pretty Distracted
I Almost Chicken Out
“More”
Mom Isn’t Noticing Much
Bri’s Dad Agreed
Wonder What They’re Arranging
Two Small Carry-Ons
I Decline
I Expect an Angry Retort
Are All Relationships Cursed?
Mom Gets Back
Las Vegas Is Insane
As We Wait
It’s an Awkward Few Seconds
Now the Catching Up Begins
Overdosing on Small Talk
Bad Things
It Is Early Morning
In the Recliner
Gram Goes to Make the First Call
Death Is Awkward
It Is Ten A.M.
Alex Shows Up
It Isn’t Until
My Eyes Sting
I Wish
Which Made Me Even Angrier
If Mom Can’t See That
After the Words
A Gentle Slant
After the Dirge
Bri and I Load Plates
Divided
I Didn’t Know Shelby
So I Was at the Funeral Today
And Hearing About
I Don’t Know Why Mom
We Find Dad in the Kitchen
Trace and Bri
Dissolve
We Are Barely Parked
The Plan
It’s Who I Was
I Go Back to My Room
So I Do a Search for “God”
I Realize Something Else, Too
Praying
I Have to Admit
I Hate How Relationships
Case in Point
I Don’t Want to Think
He Makes Me Wait
Yet, I Let Him Kiss Me
Patience
I Am Semi-Saved
Do I Care?
As If!
When I Pass Through
Kristy Smiles Triumph
I Gentle My Hands
Stunned
I Pulled Away
It’s Not Like People Close to Me
I’m Staring into My Locker
The Lord’s Name in Vain Thing
Unexpectedly, She Freaks
Gram and Gramps
I Yank My T-Shirt
Totally Changed
“Almost,” Meaning
I Try to Make It Sexy
My Cell Buzzes
If There Ever Was an Eve
Listen to Me
Guess I’ll Have to Be
It’s Not
Straight
I Almost Invent an Excuse
Courage Bolstered
I Knock on the Door
She?
Curly and Larry
Sixty Seconds
A Good Friend
Way Too Much Information
I Am Such a Loser
Poor Alex
The Bottle
I Swear, If He Says
Oh, Yeah, I Do
I Want to Be Strong
I Did Have to Lie
But I Am Curious
Something About Her Denial
This Beer Is Light
The Guys Want a Beer, Too
The Question
Funny
And What Slipped Out
I Sit Alone
Something About Knowing
I Get Dressed
I Drive Home
Ducking for Cover
And Also Death as a Character
She Gave Me an A
A Slow Burn
If I Only Had a Gun
I Decide to Skip
God
Beef Broccoli Consumed
I’m Running
When I’m Busy Running
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