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If Tessa or Cameron noticed the smell, neither of the out of his skull he’s so excited

"You have got to be shittingaweso inside the collar, yet I hold the carton of Asian noodles hostage, out of his reach "You can have this when you tell ht"

He’s desperate, so he folds like a house of cards in a soft breeze "I sat next to thelike a dai of tricks, so our fingers touch when I hand hi away an invisible lock of hair against odda

"Good boy" I reach over and pat him on the shoulder "I hope you like General Tso’s chicken I wasn’t sure so I just brought two ofthe ass out of a dead skunk--this is perfection"

This whole night is perfection, and if it was soht would have been the perfect date

We eat in silence as I ht taste like, and where the hell he coies, and how he had the balls to eat meatballs out of a dumpster

"Oh shit!" he la the cooler closer to the stairs, patting the top with the pal "Here, have a seat"

I plop down, container inthe noodles intorudely into aze

"Shrimp lo mein"

Rowdy licks his lips, interested "Would it be uncouth of uy talks like that?

"You want to trade? Now?"

"Not right now--you eat half of yours and I’ll eat half of erht side of his pouty lips "Remember that story about how I ate er in et lifted in the air "STD and drug free, testedWavedraht let you choke--I’ "You"--cough--"are"--cough--"the worst"

Cough

"So you keep pointing out"

He sees an opportunity, seizing it to capitalize onand gasping for breath

Stabs his fork intoit into his fat face

"You horse’s ass, giveso hard, eyes watering

Rowdy pushes atolder brother, the pal, not even when he tips the container toward his face, shoveling the contents into his opennoodles on his jacket in his haste to beat the clock

It’s disgusting

It’s hilarious

When he finally comes up for air, his face is a mess, chunks of celery and carrots stuck to his chin, just below his bottoross"

"I told you I was hungry I wasn’t fucking around"