“. ." I said. "I was just wondering if your mother talks about her patients at homelike when you're sitting around the dinner table?""Nah . . . she talks about the Mets. She's a baseball fanatic.""What about when baseball season's over . . like now?""Movies," Peter said. "She's a movie fanatic, too.""Oh. . ." I felt relieved. "I thought maybe she talks about diseases and stuff like that.""Hardly ever," Peter said.This was definitely the longest conversation we'd ever had. And I didn't want it to... end yet. So I said, "Do you use apple shampoo?""Yeah. . . how did you know?""I can smell it," I said. "It smells nice."He came even closer to me, stood on tiptoe, and sniffed my hair. "Yours smells nice, too. Like"Almonds," I told him."Yeah. . . like almonds."The next morning, when I got to homeroom, I found a small plastic bottle on my desk. On the side there was a picture of an apple. I opened it and sniffed what was inside. Apple shampoo! I looked over at Peter Klaff. We smiled at each other and I put the bottle in my bag.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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