No。 I turned on her and said; “Can we not talk about
food or tans or hair?”
She gave me an uppity little smile。 “Well; what do you want to talk about; then?”
I blinked at her; then at Shelly。 “How about perpetual motion? Know anything about that?”
“Perpetual what?”
Miranda starts laughing。
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“What?” I ask her。 “Whats so funny?”
She looks at me a minute; then snickers。 “I didnt realize Id bid on an intellectual。”
“Hey… Im plenty smart!”
“Yeah?” Miranda giggles。 “Can you spell intellectual?”
“He is too smart; Miranda。”
“Oh; stop kissing up; Shelly。 Youre trying to tell me youre after his brain? God; its making
me sick to watch you grovel。”
“Grovel? Excuse me?”
“You heard me。 Hes not going to take you to the grad dance anyway; so just give it up; why
dont you?”
And with that; it was all over。 One of my moms flaky apple tarts got ground into Mirandas
hair; the extra ranch dressing got smeared into Shellys。
And before Mrs。 McClure could say; In the name of Boosters! What are you doing? they
were rolling on the floor; scratching each others makeup
off。
I took this opportunity to leave my table and head for Julis。 I grabbed her by the hand and
said; “Ive got to talk to you。”
She sort of half…stands and says; “What? Whats going on; Bryce? Why are they fighting?”
“Excuse us a minute; would you; Jon?” I pull her away from the table; but theres no place to
go。 And Ive got her hand in mine; and I just cant
think。 So I stop right there in the middle of the room and look at her。 At that face。 I want to
touch her cheek and see what it feels like。 I want to touch
her hair; it looks so incredibly soft。
“Bryce;” she whispers。 “Whats wrong?”
I can barely breathe as I ask her; “Do you like him?”
“Do I… you mean Jon?”
“Yes!”
“Well; sure。 Hes nice and — ”
“No; do you like him?” My heart was pounding through my chest as I took her other hand and
waited。
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