Fans of the Impossible Life (2015)
Fans of the Impossible Life
“JEREMY Two days after I told them about Ptown, Mira texted me and Sebby. Meet me at St. F bench in an hour. Wear butch shoes.
It was a Saturday, and the school was quiet except for the sounds of preseason baseball practice coming from one of the fields in the back. Sebby was sitting on the bench when I got there. I hadn’t seen him in a few days. We could see Mira making her way down the block.
“Hi,” I said to Sebby.
“Hi,” he said.
“What’s going on?” he asked.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I got the... same text as you.”
I sat down on the bench next to him, looked at my hands. I felt awkward suddenly. How was that possible? Wasn’t this the same boy who slept next to me? My tiny twin bed somehow now felt too big when he wasn’t there.
“Are you okay?” I asked Sebby.
But Mira was there before he could answer. Close up we saw that she was wearing some unstylish hiking boots that were caked with mud.
“Those are definitely butch,” Sebby said. He and I were both wearing sneakers.MoreLess
It was a Saturday, and the school was quiet except for the sounds of preseason baseball practice coming from one of the fields in the back. Sebby was sitting on the bench when I got there. I hadn’t seen him in a few days. We could see Mira making her way down the block.
“Hi,” I said to Sebby.
“Hi,” he said.
“What’s going on?” he asked.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I got the... same text as you.”
I sat down on the bench next to him, looked at my hands. I felt awkward suddenly. How was that possible? Wasn’t this the same boy who slept next to me? My tiny twin bed somehow now felt too big when he wasn’t there.
“Are you okay?” I asked Sebby.
But Mira was there before he could answer. Close up we saw that she was wearing some unstylish hiking boots that were caked with mud.
“Those are definitely butch,” Sebby said. He and I were both wearing sneakers.MoreLess
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