Gravity Brings Me Down (2009)
““I can see you, Tod.”
“What about next Friday?”
“No.”
He sputters unsteadily beside me.
“Don’t try to sit next to me in class any more, okay?”
“Okay. That was nice of you to help that old woman cross the street.”
“Yeah, whatever.”
I put my headphones on and blast my MP3 player. Tod’s mouth keeps moving but I can’t hear a word he’s saying. We continue like this, past Harvey’s and the ice cream parlour and the hemp shop that’s always being raided by the cops. There’s a thirsty-looking dog tied to the door. I hate seeing dogs treated like that. I hope they give it water.
Tod sticks his face in front of mine. “I hope they give that dog some water,” he shouts over the music.
Now he’s reading my mind. This is totally unacceptable. I pull my headphones off. “I’d really like to be alone, Tod. Okay?”
“Okay.”
He keeps following me so I stop walking and look off into the distance to one side of his gold helmet. I just stand there, looking at nothing, until he gets the hint and finally leaves.
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