Triangles
Authors: Ellen Hopkins
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2011 by Ellen Hopkins
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Triangles / Ellen Hopkins.—1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
p. cm.
1. Self-realization in women—Fiction. 2. Female friendship—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3608.O647T75 2011
813′.6—dc22
2011009537
ISBN 978-1-4516-2633-9 (Print)
ISBN 978-1-4516-2636-0 (eBook)
This book is dedicated to some very special friends, who shall remain nameless here. But you know who you are.
Contents
Chapter 4: I Used to Hate Running
Chapter 7: He’s Always Home on Time
Chapter 12: Breathing Stabilized
Chapter 15: God Is On a Walkabout
Chapter 16: Andrea: Best Friend Meltdown
Chapter 17: It’s a Smooth Asphalt Cruise
Chapter 19: Merlot-Faced, He Goes
Chapter 22: Holly: Four Mojitos
Chapter 23: Almost Every Window Is Lit
Chapter 24: I Don’t Believe In Santa
Chapter 25: Tumbling Toward Exhaustion
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Chapter 27: But Andrea Was There
Chapter 29: Marissa: Saturday Morning
Chapter 30: Lack of Uninterrupted Sleep
Chapter 31: It’s Not The First Time
Chapter 33: I Keep Shane Company
Chapter 36: Andrea: If I Had To Tell The Truth
Chapter 37: A High School Hookup
Chapter 42: Yikes! Major Crush
Chapter 44: Holly: Family Dynamics
Chapter 45: Mik Starts Her Research
Chapter 46: Conspiracy Firmly Established
Chapter 47: Before I Get The Chance
Chapter 49: He Definitely Remembers
Chapter 50: We Shed All Pretense Quickly
Chapter 51: Sex With a Stranger
Chapter 52: Marissa: Swim Therapy Day
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Chapter 55: The House Is Empty
Chapter 56: As I Fill The Kettle
Chapter 58: Andrea: A Rapid Pulse
Chapter 62: I Don’t Discuss This
Chapter 63: The County Employee
Chapter 66: The Fourth Wednesday In June
Chapter 67: On a Weekday Evening
Chapter 68: And They Are, In Fact
Chapter 70: It Is a Game, Pure And Simple
Chapter 72: In The Deep, Dark Forest
Chapter 73: Marissa: The Fourth of July Weekend
Chapter 74: I Drink My Coffee Black
Chapter 79: Andrea: Camping With My Parents
Chapter 80: I Don’t Mention Bears To Holly
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Chapter 82: When Did He Grow Up?
Chapter 84: From Holly’s Place
Chapter 87: Holly: Running Is a Cure
Chapter 91: Not Exactly An Apology
Chapter 92: I’ve Always Claimed
Chapter 95: Marissa: An Unintended Benefit
Chapter 96: Tonight, For The First Time
Chapter 97: When I Let Myself Think
Chapter 99: It Really Is Gorgeous Outside
Chapter 100: Bedtime Routine Accomplished
Chapter 101: He Smells of Whisky-Beaded Sweat
Chapter 103: Andrea: The Problem With Health Kicks
Chapter 105: And The Best Thing of All
Chapter 106: Right This Minute
Chapter 107: Moments Like These
Chapter 108: He Sounds Sincere
Chapter 109: Another Awkward Silence
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Chapter 111: Holly: What’s Rotten
Chapter 112: So I’m a Little Disappointed
Chapter 113: Not Sure If She Means
Chapter 115: It Goes Into My Journal First-Person