Get Happy (2014)
“We had only a few minutes before school started.
“Tell me everything,” he said. He blew into his bare hands to warm them up. “Did you show her the necklace?”
“No. Her brain would have exploded. She freaked at the mere mention of his name. And I think she’s lying about it.”
“What do you mean?”
I took a breath, the cold air slicing into my lungs. I explained about the Web site and discovering Keanu Choy. “He’s a Hawaiian seahorse expert.”
“Hawaiian?”
“I have the same hair and eyes.” Unfortunately..., not the same skin.
“Hawaiian! I always thought you were half Japanese for some reason, but Hawaiian makes sense. Remember when we watched Lilo and Stitch, I said you looked like Lilo? Keanu Choy. I want that name. He sounds rich and exotic and cool.”
A bus pulled up and a load of annoyingly loud freshmen got out. I closed my eyes and pressed my mittened hands against them. “You don’t get it, Fin. He can’t be cool. Either she lied about his name to keep me from finding him, or else his name was Kenneth Chip and he changed it to Keanu Choy.”MoreLess
“Tell me everything,” he said. He blew into his bare hands to warm them up. “Did you show her the necklace?”
“No. Her brain would have exploded. She freaked at the mere mention of his name. And I think she’s lying about it.”
“What do you mean?”
I took a breath, the cold air slicing into my lungs. I explained about the Web site and discovering Keanu Choy. “He’s a Hawaiian seahorse expert.”
“Hawaiian?”
“I have the same hair and eyes.” Unfortunately..., not the same skin.
“Hawaiian! I always thought you were half Japanese for some reason, but Hawaiian makes sense. Remember when we watched Lilo and Stitch, I said you looked like Lilo? Keanu Choy. I want that name. He sounds rich and exotic and cool.”
A bus pulled up and a load of annoyingly loud freshmen got out. I closed my eyes and pressed my mittened hands against them. “You don’t get it, Fin. He can’t be cool. Either she lied about his name to keep me from finding him, or else his name was Kenneth Chip and he changed it to Keanu Choy.”MoreLess
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