Bane asks, “Can we go to the Reptile House?” Maisie says, “I want to buy a zoovenier!” I say, “I’m cold!” Kyran says he will take us to see the lizards and to buy zooveniers, but first we have to tickle Michael. “It’s justice,” he says, so we all pile on top of Michael while he lies there not saying or doing anything. We tickle him some, but it isn’t any fun because Michael is balled up on the ground like a big baby. Finally, Indie says that the shop is going to close in a couple of minutes and if we don’t go now, we won’t be able to get any zooveniers at all. Kyran takes us the gift shop while Julia goes to the restroom and Michael lies on the ground, crying. Inside, Kyran asks me to help him find a gift for Julia and I feel
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When she is gone, Kyran puts an arm around me. I lean into him and he pats my head. “Listen,” he says, still patting my head. He takes a long time before he says anything else so I can tell that he really cares about me and that he is really thinking hard. “All of this,” he says, “this stuff is just kid stuff. Like it seems really important to you now, but it won’t later on.” Kyran says he’s known girls like Indie and that they never seem to grow up right. “I mean, look at Julia,” he says, “I’ve known her for years, years! When she was your age, she only cared about Lacrosse, like a freakish amount. Everyone thought she was so weird, even me. But then we grew up, and Julia, well, she’s beautiful, and now everyone thinks it’s cool that she’s athletic, that she’s …show more content…
Kyran laughs and smacks my arm. “Did you give Julia her elephant?” I ask. “Not yet.” “I hope she likes it,” I say.
Kyran says, “Come on, let’s go give it to her.”
Indie and Maisie are sitting under the toucan, playing with tarot cards. They don’t look up when Kyran and I walk up to them, not even when I say, “Hi guys!” Kyran asks, “You guys got room for another?” He turns to me and mouths, “Sit down.” Then he says, “We were just talking about fencing. It seems we have a real talented er…player in our presence.” Indie rolls her eyes. Maisie says, “She’s ok.” Indie puts a card down and tells Maisie that she is going to have many suitors, but that a newcomer will take everything away from her. Then Kyran looks all around the room and asks, “Where’s Julia?” He gets up, peers around the partition, then he asks, “Where are the boys and Michael?” Everybody shrugs. Kyran looks at me and says, “Come with me!” “They’re, like, in love,” Indie says, not even bothering to
When she is gone, Kyran puts an arm around me. I lean into him and he pats my head. “Listen,” he says, still patting my head. He takes a long time before he says anything else so I can tell that he really cares about me and that he is really thinking hard. “All of this,” he says, “this stuff is just kid stuff. Like it seems really important to you now, but it won’t later on.” Kyran says he’s known girls like Indie and that they never seem to grow up right. “I mean, look at Julia,” he says, “I’ve known her for years, years! When she was your age, she only cared about Lacrosse, like a freakish amount. Everyone thought she was so weird, even me. But then we grew up, and Julia, well, she’s beautiful, and now everyone thinks it’s cool that she’s athletic, that she’s …show more content…
Kyran laughs and smacks my arm. “Did you give Julia her elephant?” I ask. “Not yet.” “I hope she likes it,” I say.
Kyran says, “Come on, let’s go give it to her.”
Indie and Maisie are sitting under the toucan, playing with tarot cards. They don’t look up when Kyran and I walk up to them, not even when I say, “Hi guys!” Kyran asks, “You guys got room for another?” He turns to me and mouths, “Sit down.” Then he says, “We were just talking about fencing. It seems we have a real talented er…player in our presence.” Indie rolls her eyes. Maisie says, “She’s ok.” Indie puts a card down and tells Maisie that she is going to have many suitors, but that a newcomer will take everything away from her. Then Kyran looks all around the room and asks, “Where’s Julia?” He gets up, peers around the partition, then he asks, “Where are the boys and Michael?” Everybody shrugs. Kyran looks at me and says, “Come with me!” “They’re, like, in love,” Indie says, not even bothering to