Considering the fact that I felt like death for several days after the last time jump, Adam’s orders needed to be followed. But this morning I woke up thinking about Courtney … things I wished I could fix … like seventh grade. Since we were not only siblings but also classmates, I knew everything that was going on with my sister. A lot of stuff I didn’t want to know. Like her nervous stomach issues … anytime we had a test or band audition she’d get terrible gas and diarrhea. I’d see her running off to the bathroom and know exactly why. I really didn’t think much of it and never brought it up until one day my best friend, who had an obvious and unrequited crush on Courtney, watched her race out of the gym right before her presentation for the Science Fair. He asked me if she was sick and without even thinking about it, I blurted out, “She’s fine. She just doesn’t like to fart in front of people.” As soon as my friend snickered, I knew exactly what I had done and there was a second where I could have said it was a lie.
