Panic welled inside her, a Yellowstone geyser of alarm. Their parents were going to ground her for the entire summer if Judy got hold of them. Gone were her hot summer days boarding with Taryn at the skate park and surfing on the weekends. Her mom would yank her from the team. She wouldn’t see Kevin again until school started. It would be her worst summer ever.

Judy swore and shoved the phone back into her pocket. “No signal.”

Joy sagged with relief, her elbow knocking into Judy’s belongings. Please don’t call them, she wanted to plead. But the stuff on the bed caught her attention.

“What’s with the pillow?”

“I’m crashing here.”

“What? No! You can’t. I have to get home.”

“Tough beans, sis. You should have asked me about my plans before you hid under a blanket.” She showed Joy her phone. “You want to call Dad for a ride?”

“Heck no! Why can’t you drive me? It won’t take long.”

Judy stuck her face in Joy’s. “Don’t you get it? I can’t drive.”

“Why not?” Joy asked, rising to her feet so that she stood toe-to-toe with Judy, only to finally notice her eyes. Glassy and red-rimmed. Her cheeks were rosy and her breath reeked. She also noticed the faint beer stain on the front of Judy’s blouse. Judy was drunk.

Joy was so screwed.

“Okay if I leave my stuff here?” Judy asked Kevin.

“Uh, I guess.” Kevin shrugged.

“Your brother said I could sleep in the guest room. I don’t know where that is.”

“It’s downstairs.”

“Right. Have you seen Todd?”

Kevin shook his head and Judy looked at Joy, hopeful.

Joy crossed her arms. “I’m not telling unless you sober up and drive me home.”

“Even if I could drive, you can’t ride with me. You heard Dad. No passengers. You’ll have to call him to come get you. Now tell me where my boyfriend is.”

Joy lifted her chin. “I saw him with another girl. They were kissing.” Lie. She hadn’t seen Todd at all, not even with another girl. But she felt like being spiteful.

Judy shrieked. “Why, that lying piece of—He told me he was going to pick up more ice.” She glared at Joy, who was shocked Judy would have believed her. “You stay out of sight. Mom and Dad will kill me if something happens to you.” She slammed Kevin’s door.

Joy groaned into her hands. She should have stayed put in her bedroom.

“Let’s get out of here,” Kevin suggested.

“You heard Judy. I can’t.” She didn’t want to make her situation any worse than it was. She’d already screwed up enough tonight.