MORNING
With a bag in each hand, I paused for a moment outside the van, staring at her. “Well, it was a helluva
night,” I said finally.
“Come here,” she said, and I took a step forward. She hugged me, and the bags made it hard to hug
her back, but if I dropped them I might wake someone. I could feel her on her tiptoes and then her mouth
was right up against my ear and she said, very clearly, “I. Will. Miss. Hanging. Out. With. You.”
“You don’t have to,” I answered aloud. I tried to hide my disappointment. “If you don’t like them anymore,”
I said, “just hang out with me. My friends are actually, like, nice.”
Her lips were so close to me that I could feel her smile. “I’m afraid it’s not possible,” she whispered.
She let go then, but kept looking at me, taking step after step backward. She raised her eyebrows finally,
and smiled, and I believed the smile. I watched her climb up a tree and then lift herself onto the roof outside
of her second-floor bedroom window. She jimmied her window open and crawled inside.
I walked through my unlocked front door, tiptoed through the kitchen to my bedroom, peeled off my
jeans, threw them into a corner of the closet back near the window screen, downloaded the picture of Jase,
and got into bed, my mind booming with the things I would say to her at school.
MORNINGWith a bag in each hand, I paused for a moment outside the van, staring at her. “Well, it was a helluvanight,” I said finally.“Come here,” she said, and I took a step forward. She hugged me, and the bags made it hard to hugher back, but if I dropped them I might wake someone. I could feel her on her tiptoes and then her mouthwas right up against my ear and she said, very clearly, “I. Will. Miss. Hanging. Out. With. You.”“You don’t have to,” I answered aloud. I tried to hide my disappointment. “If you don’t like them anymore,”I said, “just hang out with me. My friends are actually, like, nice.”Her lips were so close to me that I could feel her smile. “I’m afraid it’s not possible,” she whispered.She let go then, but kept looking at me, taking step after step backward. She raised her eyebrows finally,and smiled, and I believed the smile. I watched her climb up a tree and then lift herself onto the roof outsideof her second-floor bedroom window. She jimmied her window open and crawled inside.I walked through my unlocked front door, tiptoed through the kitchen to my bedroom, peeled off myjeans, threw them into a corner of the closet back near the window screen, downloaded the picture of Jase,and got into bed, my mind booming with the things I would say to her at school.
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