Impossible Things (2008)
Impossible Things
“I was worried that I’d made things worse by encouraging him to take a stand. I couldn’t keep an eye on him all the time, and what would happen if Tyler caught him alone? Sitting at my desk, I clenched my fists and felt helpless.
I pushed my worries aside and tried to concentrate. The art project was due the next day, and what did I have? A bunch of cut up magazines and a spiral-bound journal full of scribbled notes about myself. Who is Cassidy Silver? Not an artist, clearly. Still, I had to han...d in something. I flipped through my pile of magazine cuttings and looked around the classroom to see who was hogging all the glue sticks.
Joe Cicarelli appeared to have three. I wandered over to his desk and held out my hand. “Got a spare glue stick, Joe?”
He picked one up. “It’ll cost ya.”
“Cost me what?”
He nodded at my T-shirt. I glanced down at it. Light green with black letters: What would Scooby Doo?
“You want my T-shirt? For a glue stick?” I snorted. “No way.”
He laughed.MoreLess
I pushed my worries aside and tried to concentrate. The art project was due the next day, and what did I have? A bunch of cut up magazines and a spiral-bound journal full of scribbled notes about myself. Who is Cassidy Silver? Not an artist, clearly. Still, I had to han...d in something. I flipped through my pile of magazine cuttings and looked around the classroom to see who was hogging all the glue sticks.
Joe Cicarelli appeared to have three. I wandered over to his desk and held out my hand. “Got a spare glue stick, Joe?”
He picked one up. “It’ll cost ya.”
“Cost me what?”
He nodded at my T-shirt. I glanced down at it. Light green with black letters: What would Scooby Doo?
“You want my T-shirt? For a glue stick?” I snorted. “No way.”
He laughed.MoreLess
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