Pretending Normal
“I jump and a handful of green beans fly across the table. “Kay!”
“Gotcha.” She laughs, gathering up the beans from the plastic tablecloth. “So,” she says, plopping into a chair, “what’s with you and Peter Donnelly?”
“Huh?”
She shakes her head, pinches off the ends of a bean. “I’m not stupid, you know.”
I say nothing. I don’t want to tell her about Peter and me. And I certainly won’t tell him. They don’t need to know. They will ruin everything.
“I heard you went to Juniper Hi...ll.”
“It’s a lie.”
She shrugs, tilts her head to one side. “That’s what I heard.”
“You heard wrong.”
“Maybe. Maybe not.”
She flicks her long hair behind her ear and I want to reach over and pull it out by the roots. “We’re friends.”MoreLess
“Gotcha.” She laughs, gathering up the beans from the plastic tablecloth. “So,” she says, plopping into a chair, “what’s with you and Peter Donnelly?”
“Huh?”
She shakes her head, pinches off the ends of a bean. “I’m not stupid, you know.”
I say nothing. I don’t want to tell her about Peter and me. And I certainly won’t tell him. They don’t need to know. They will ruin everything.
“I heard you went to Juniper Hi...ll.”
“It’s a lie.”
She shrugs, tilts her head to one side. “That’s what I heard.”
“You heard wrong.”
“Maybe. Maybe not.”
She flicks her long hair behind her ear and I want to reach over and pull it out by the roots. “We’re friends.”MoreLess
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