Free Summerlost by Ally Condie

I said.
    â€œWe only care about the Harley storyline,” I said.
    The bad-twin couple finally finished kissing and then there she was. In the coffin.
    â€œThat’s Harley,” Miles said, pointing to her.
    â€œI figured,” said Leo.
    â€œWe still don’t know how she goes to the bathroom,” Miles said, and that made Leo laugh again.
    â€œShhhh,” I hissed at them both, and they went quiet.
    It was a big day.
    We found out how Celeste had managed to make Harley look dead long enough to fool everyone for the funeral and everything.
    Herbs.
    â€œWow,” Miles said, sitting back when the scene had finished. “That was a good one.”
    â€œIt was?” Leo asked.
    â€œInformation-wise,” I said, “yes. We found out something we didn’t know before.”
    â€œHarley’s not a very good actor either,” Leo said, and when I glared at him he put his hands in the air. “I’m just saying.”
    â€œWas Lisette Chamberlain a good actor when she was in soap operas?” I asked. “I’ve only seen her in her movies.”
    â€œWait,” Leo said. “You mean you’ve never seen footage of her actually onstage at Summerlost?”
    â€œNo,” I said. “Have you? Does that exist?”
    â€œI have and it does,” Leo said.
    One of Leo’s brothers rumbled down the stairs and we went quiet for a second.
    â€œYou can check out the old plays from the Summerlost film archives,” Leo said. “I have a card. My mom helped me get it.”
    â€œIs your family really into Lisette Chamberlain or something?”
    â€œNo,” Leo said. “Only me.”
    â€œBut they’re really into the Summerlost Festival, then.”
    â€œNope,” Leo said. “Everyone else is really into football. I like football too, but watching it. Not playing it like Zach and Jeremy.”
    Leo didn’t only not fit in with the kids who teased him. He also didn’t seem to fit in with his own family.
    We went back upstairs.
    â€œThanks, Leo,” I said when we got to the front door.
    â€œNo problem,” Leo said.
    Zach came up behind Leo. “Are you the Lee kids?” he asked. “The ones who moved in a little while ago?”
    â€œYes,” Leo said, sounding annoyed. “We
told
you that when they first came in.”
    â€œEveryone in the neighborhood is mad at your mom,” Zach said to Miles and me. “Because she’s going to rent the house to college kids during the year.”
    â€œIt’s zoned for it,” I said. I sounded snotty but I didn’t care. I’d heard Uncle Nick telling my mom that people were bugged that we were going to rent it out since no one else on the street did.
    â€œI know,” Zach said, walking over to the sink and dumping his dishes into it. “And there’s always the chance you’ll rent to girls. Hot college girls.
I
have no problem with it.”
    â€œWe
are
going to rent to girls,” Miles said. “Mom says they take better care of things than guys do.”
    â€œWe want to come back every summer,” I said, “and renting the house is the only way we can afford to keep it.”
    â€œWe’ll stand up for you,” Leo said. “We’ll try to sway the neighbors.”
    â€œFor sure,” said Zach. Then he rumpled Leo’s hair and Leo shoved him away. But they were both grinning.
    I don’t know what Miles thought about while we walked home but I thought about Leo. I guess I was wrong about him fitting in with his family. And I should have realized that he would fit in because that’s one thing I do know for sure. That it is possible to be different and still belong to your family. For them to love you like crazy.
    Ever since the accident I’ve worried that Ben didn’t know that. Or feel that.
    I think he did.
    He had to, right?
    I mean, we set up our whole lives around him. All the