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the day i uins will definitely like it--he’s into all things girly-girl, so I add another coat before blowing onat this field party, and I fully expect we’llon er for my baseball team"
"What?!" Careful not to mess up my polish, I mute the TV and sit up to face him "Why?"
"I can’t stand the idea of you holed up in your roo You should co" He sue out
My heart pounds faster than light speed I hate baseball I know, I know That means I’m not a true Aave up foaers, peanuts, and the Atlanta Braves when my mom announced she’s a lesbian and ran off with her friend as o January, she divorcedsoftball for Hundred Oaks
"No way," I say, exa my nails
"Coazine "Please?" he whines
"What’s involved?" I try to act nonchalant, but Drew looks up with a knowing smile He’s lived down the street fro stats and helping with equip stats is way easy I could do it inroom table for Kama Sutra maximum effect "Jesus Christ," he says "Is that move physically possible?"
"Try it out with Alances at azine vertical and studies it closely "I’ a hip replaceet a cane with flames painted on it"
"Or e the subject…So there’ll be plenty of guys for you on the teagling It’ll be in Webster’s any day now
I have to aduys look in baseball uniforet to spendto Jiffy Burger with Corndog and Sa like they’re the characters fro soood at punching Corndog (George Costanza) and yelling "Get out!" and Drew says I dance worse than the real Elaine But it’s been getting kinda old How uys debate who has better fries: Sonic or Jiffy Burger?
And what else do I have to do this seot a 40, and classes don’t matter at this point--the only way Vanderbilt could revoke my early admission would be if I went on the news and advocated for Tennessee to secede from the union
On the other hand, this could be a lot of work I’d probably end up doing hard stuff like lugging water coolers around and washing dirty jockstraps or so
On the other hand, I don’t want to be lonely
Jockstraps it is
When I was five, Mom discovered a recipe for hoether, especially fancy stuff like foie gras grilled cheese We sat at the kitchen table, which was covered by the previous week’s coether and rolled it into shapes I had dinosaur cookie cutters, so I made a Play-Doh T-Rex Mom made a triceratops I bit its head off, and she joked, "My little praying ed ourselves on that Play-Doh The next day ent to church and Mom and I kneeled at the altar As I prayed, I didn’t ask you for anything I only thanked you for giving me Mom
Written on February 12 before the party at Morton’s field Burned using a candle
On Saturday , Drew and I arrive at the baseball field behind Hundred Oaks High--aka the only place I dread more than Chuck E Cheese (I worked there last summer and almost died because I had to wear a Crusty the Cat costu into the sun, and the crisp wind bites in the trek across the parking lot toexercises and sprints I stare at the uys at our school
Popular-schuy will do Last Sunday after church? I hung out with this guy Aaron on the swings at the playground, listening to hioes to Woodbury High) and how Nirvana really is the best band ever I disagree--I’m into modern stuff like Paraet a word in because he kept talking and talking and talking Before he drove home with his parents, I let hi, so people will know I like boys
"Over here!" Coach Burns calls, beckoning us
"Oh, dear me," I croon to Drew "Your coach is older than baseball itself"
"I think he coachedhe’ll retire after this year Would you rather retire or work your whole life?"
"I’d retire to yet," I reply "When you retire, would you rather spend tio?"
"Golf I love the outfits Golf or polo?" he asks
"Do you mean water polo or horse polo?"
"Water"
"Gross I like animals much more than speedos"