When Cory's father suddenly dies, his entire perfect world is torn apart. 
Gone is the loving mother, doting sister, lovely house, and the huge allowance. Instead, Cory needs to deal with the bank auctioning off the home he gave his first steps in, an illness that befalls his little sister, and the depression that's eating his mother alive. 
Just as it can't get any worse, Patrick with the golden-brown eyes, the infectious laugh, and the rich life eventually showed interest in Cory. The thing that Cory believed would have made his once almost-perfect world completely perfect now becomes his biggest fear as he tries to keep his new life a secret.
With juggling his depression, suicidal thoughts, and self-harm; Cory just doesn't know if the boy with the infectious laugh has a place in his life anymore.

"Out in the Wind"is not just the story of a teen who is forced to grow up sooner than any kid should. It is also a real story that happens to lots of people around the world on a daily. This is a story full of tears, sadness, hope, loss, faith, and love.

Out in the wind

　　I yawn as Mrs. Hamburgh goes on and on about some equation I can’t even begin to understand. I try to catch Rick’s eye, but he seems to be focused on the board in front of him. Since I missed our date he hasn’t spoken to me. He hasn’t even returned my texts. I guess I can’t blame him. I would have been just as upset if someone stood me up. Sure, I would have been fine if I heard the situation the other person was in, but since I can’t tell him there is no way that I can explain to him why I didn’t show. And at least he isn’t being an outright asshole. He’s only ignored me the whole of Sunday and now at school. Maybe he will talk to me at lunch. It’s only second period now.


　　I try to concentrate on what Mrs. Hamsburgh is saying, but it is impossible to do between me staring at her hairy legs in a too short skirt and the tiredness that’s threatening to overtake me.


　　I yawn again as a piece of paper falls on my desk.


Chapter 9