Zero
“Hurry up, you can’t afford to be late again.”
Alan ran down the creaking stairs grabbing his worn backpack in one hand and trying to wrestle his shoulder-length hair into place with his other. Tony waited for him by the open door with that same look on his face. It was a look Alan hated with every fiber in his being.
It was a look that said, “I’m sorry, you are like this. I wish you could be better.”
Alan flashed a practice grin to Tony.
A grin that was empty on Alan’s part but seemed to satisf...y most anyone else, “Thanks, sorry.”
Tony just wore that same look on his face as he nodded, “Up late again last night reading? Those fantasy books again?”
“Yeah, I’m sorry, I know.” Alan rushed past Tony and out into the front yard. The house he lived in with Tony and the two other boys wasn’t the worse to which Alan had been assigned. He didn’t want to cause waves now, or do something that might get him kicked out. Running across the lawn towards the waiting bus, Alan turned around, “I’m sorry, Tony.MoreLess
Alan ran down the creaking stairs grabbing his worn backpack in one hand and trying to wrestle his shoulder-length hair into place with his other. Tony waited for him by the open door with that same look on his face. It was a look Alan hated with every fiber in his being.
It was a look that said, “I’m sorry, you are like this. I wish you could be better.”
Alan flashed a practice grin to Tony.
A grin that was empty on Alan’s part but seemed to satisf...y most anyone else, “Thanks, sorry.”
Tony just wore that same look on his face as he nodded, “Up late again last night reading? Those fantasy books again?”
“Yeah, I’m sorry, I know.” Alan rushed past Tony and out into the front yard. The house he lived in with Tony and the two other boys wasn’t the worse to which Alan had been assigned. He didn’t want to cause waves now, or do something that might get him kicked out. Running across the lawn towards the waiting bus, Alan turned around, “I’m sorry, Tony.MoreLess
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