This was my moment. This was my element. Standing on top of the roof of my old school with the black night as my backdrop and the wind rushing behind me, I closed my eyes for a moment to savor the feeling. It was like nothing I’d ever experienced. I didn’t know what it was, or how I could describe it, but even the hairs on my fingers were vibrating. I felt alive.
I got the blueprints for the new school from Grayley. He hadn’t been happy about getting them or handing them over. He hadn’t been his usual carefree easygoing way so I pressed him. “What’s wrong? Tell me or I’ll find some computer nerd to hack your email.”
His eyes got big, but then he scowled. “You would, wouldn’t you?”
“Spill it, Gray.”
When he told me that his dad had returned to town, my senses went haywire. Grayley’s fat
