Dreamland (2010)
Dreamland
“But from then on, we were together.
We didn’t talk about it: It was just understood. In that one moment I’d seen some part of him that he kept hidden from the rest of the world—behind his cool face, his bored manner, his hair. I’d edged in past it all, and now I found my own place there.
The next Monday, after cheerleading practice, I walked outside to find Rogerson parked in front of the gym. He was leaning against his car, smoking a cigarette, waiting for me. I hadn’t asked him to pick me up. But there he was.
“Oh, my God,” Kelly Brandt said as we came to the main doors. She and Chad had made up and exchanged “friendship rings.” She kept flashing hers around, wanting everyone to ask about it. “What is he doing here?”
“I told you Caitlin had a big weekend,” Rina said slyly, poking me in the side. I’d told only her about our date, and as much as she might have wanted us to both date football players, she loved the idea of me with Rogerson. It was just forbidden and wild enough to appe...al to her.MoreLess
We didn’t talk about it: It was just understood. In that one moment I’d seen some part of him that he kept hidden from the rest of the world—behind his cool face, his bored manner, his hair. I’d edged in past it all, and now I found my own place there.
The next Monday, after cheerleading practice, I walked outside to find Rogerson parked in front of the gym. He was leaning against his car, smoking a cigarette, waiting for me. I hadn’t asked him to pick me up. But there he was.
“Oh, my God,” Kelly Brandt said as we came to the main doors. She and Chad had made up and exchanged “friendship rings.” She kept flashing hers around, wanting everyone to ask about it. “What is he doing here?”
“I told you Caitlin had a big weekend,” Rina said slyly, poking me in the side. I’d told only her about our date, and as much as she might have wanted us to both date football players, she loved the idea of me with Rogerson. It was just forbidden and wild enough to appe...al to her.MoreLess
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