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"I’m never sure"

He shakes his head, mystified "Your older sister isn’t like that, is she? We had studio art together my freshman year She always seemed cool--"

"She is"

"Yeah She always seeured out Like she had the "

I sht Last summer? She shaved her head and cairlfriend But hs When I drop him off at detention that afternoon, I run into another opinionated force The head of school stops me "I’d be concerned," she says, "but Monsieur Wasserstein has been remarkably punctual, as of late You must be the reason"

I’h her glasses, which are perched on the tip of her nose "You’re a bright girl Be careful there" And then she strides away

I don’t appreciate her tone Or her presu in the way of ence Is she afraid that Josh’s attitude will rub off onabout my education? Well, she can take her concern and shove it up her ass But when I open my bedroom door a few hours later, Josh is also unusually cross

"It backfired," he says "You know that whole detention-on-the-Sabbath idea? I asked the head about it, and she went straight to h this tiiti impudent, and now I have two additional weeks of detention"

I’h the end of October"

"That’s insane! What the hell is the head’s problem?"

He kicks off his shoes and flops onto et me to take this schoolwas my idea My stupid, stupid--"

"Hey" Josh sits up on his elbows "Only because I didn’t think of it first"

There’s a commotion in the hallway "Look who’s on Izla’s bed," Mike says "Give us a show, girlie girl! Give us a sneak peek"

Ey hair away fro ready for a threesome"

I want to punch the down Mike "Her name is Eye-la It must be difficult to remember when your brain is s in the first place"

"Fuck you, Wasserstein"

"Good one"

The stairwell door clangs open, and Sanjita appears behind the ahead in the lobby It’s an unnatural position that tells s on his arry baby owl He points a finger at Josh "I’ll get you"

They swagger away, and Josh scowls at the doorith supreme irritation "Has there ever been an emptier threat?"