The Secrets of Peaches
“Poopie waited to the side while Birdie checked her luggage, and they got hot chocolates at Seattle’s Best to kill time and have something to do with their mouths besides talk.
“You have your tickets?” Poopie asked, for the third time in a row.
Birdie nodded. She waited for Poopie to ask if she’d packed enough underwear too or her toothbrush. Then she would have felt like Poopie was really looking out for her and not asking just to feel like she was saying something. But Poopie only sipped her c...hocolate and finally grabbed someone’s discarded newspaper on the table next to them.
When it was time for Birdie to head to her gate, Poopie walked her up to the long security line. They exchanged a stiff, awkward hug. Birdie didn’t even try to look Poopie in the eyes. She made her long way to the X-ray machines, rolling her old, reliable teddy bear suitcase behind her, feeling juvenile, like the only thing missing was a T-shirt that said Off to Grandma’s House.
In the air, Birdie thought about how she would broach the topic of sex with Enrico.MoreLess
“You have your tickets?” Poopie asked, for the third time in a row.
Birdie nodded. She waited for Poopie to ask if she’d packed enough underwear too or her toothbrush. Then she would have felt like Poopie was really looking out for her and not asking just to feel like she was saying something. But Poopie only sipped her c...hocolate and finally grabbed someone’s discarded newspaper on the table next to them.
When it was time for Birdie to head to her gate, Poopie walked her up to the long security line. They exchanged a stiff, awkward hug. Birdie didn’t even try to look Poopie in the eyes. She made her long way to the X-ray machines, rolling her old, reliable teddy bear suitcase behind her, feeling juvenile, like the only thing missing was a T-shirt that said Off to Grandma’s House.
In the air, Birdie thought about how she would broach the topic of sex with Enrico.MoreLess
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