Straight Punch (2014)
“A person in control of her own life should know where she is heading. Or at least have a general sense.
But I had no idea.
My first impulse—after I blew my nose and wiped the tears off my cheeks—was to go to New Directions. But it was past ten, so that didn’t make much sense. It did make me realize, though, that in some strange way, I felt at home at New Directions. Maybe it was because I’d started to care about the other kids who went there. Hadn’t I just called them my friends? Maybe ...it was because I’d gotten to know their stories. I’d never felt that way before about a school. Not even when I was in elementary school, back before I’d ever broken a rule.
So I just wandered around our neighborhood, pulling myself together and trying not to think about how I’d lost control and punched Cyrus. I tried distracting myself by checking for new tags—there was nothing interesting. When I was on streets with lots of houses, I wondered about the people who lived in them.MoreLess
But I had no idea.
My first impulse—after I blew my nose and wiped the tears off my cheeks—was to go to New Directions. But it was past ten, so that didn’t make much sense. It did make me realize, though, that in some strange way, I felt at home at New Directions. Maybe it was because I’d started to care about the other kids who went there. Hadn’t I just called them my friends? Maybe ...it was because I’d gotten to know their stories. I’d never felt that way before about a school. Not even when I was in elementary school, back before I’d ever broken a rule.
So I just wandered around our neighborhood, pulling myself together and trying not to think about how I’d lost control and punched Cyrus. I tried distracting myself by checking for new tags—there was nothing interesting. When I was on streets with lots of houses, I wondered about the people who lived in them.MoreLess
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