Shug
Shug
“I told him Celia would probably be there, and I knew it was wrong even as I was saying it. I felt cheap and terrible, and when he said okay, I still felt cheap and terrible but happy, too.
Sitting at the kitchen table, drinking Cokes and eating peanuts, I’m filled with such gladness for this moment. To be here with Mark, just like this. Just us two, just like before.
He tosses a peanut my way, and I catch it with my mouth. This is our trick; we are good at it. He throws, and I catch.
And then C...elia comes home and ruins everything.
“What are you doing home?” I blurt out. Guiltily I glance at Mark, but he’s too entranced to even notice.
Celia’s cheeks are pink, and her hair is falling out of her ponytail in tiny damp ringlets. She puts her book bag on the kitchen table and gives me a funny look. “Hello to you too, Shug. Practice finished early today.” Then she smiles at Mark, and she’s like the sun, shining down on a grateful little daisy. He blushes with pleasure. “Hey there.MoreLess
Sitting at the kitchen table, drinking Cokes and eating peanuts, I’m filled with such gladness for this moment. To be here with Mark, just like this. Just us two, just like before.
He tosses a peanut my way, and I catch it with my mouth. This is our trick; we are good at it. He throws, and I catch.
And then C...elia comes home and ruins everything.
“What are you doing home?” I blurt out. Guiltily I glance at Mark, but he’s too entranced to even notice.
Celia’s cheeks are pink, and her hair is falling out of her ponytail in tiny damp ringlets. She puts her book bag on the kitchen table and gives me a funny look. “Hello to you too, Shug. Practice finished early today.” Then she smiles at Mark, and she’s like the sun, shining down on a grateful little daisy. He blushes with pleasure. “Hey there.MoreLess
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