She doesn’t say a word as I recount walking past Ryan and his friends at the tower and when he asked for my number. She just gnaws on her newly polished thumbnail and looks around the room a lot. “And then he said it was great talking to me and we said goodbye,” I finish. Felicia would be freakin...
And though I loved Shelby more than any friend I’d ever had—more than my childhood best friend, Felicia—now that she had a boyfriend, she was always gone. Gone on dates, or gone at Jake’s house, or just gone. I don’t know. Whatever girls with boyfriends who lived in the same down did, that’s what...
Nova’s hands slip into the pockets of her tiny zip up jacket as we walk. “I have a family now. And friends. There’s hope now.” “I don’t feel like having some kind of emotional awakening right now, okay? We have a job to do.” “Sorry.” &nb...
I go out of my way after each class in hopes that I’ll find the list up on the wall. But of course, in true dramatic fashion, she makes us wait until after last period. My last class is on the total opposite side of the school, across the parking lot in one of those portable buildings because our...
My mind functions in overdrive, bouncing from thoughts to emotions so quickly I can’t decipher any of it. All I know is that this is bad. But it feels a little good. And that is really bad. “Okay.” Max breaks the silence by sucking in a deep breath. His hands slide down his thighs and rest on his...
Situated off a county road in the middle of nowhere in this small Texas town, my dad’s motocross track is usually dark, blending into the landscape at this time of night. Races are held on weekends, not on a Thursday, and seeing the night air sparkle as I drive up certainly looks like Christmas. ...
I’ve never been here but I’ve seen the commercials enough times to know that Fun Max House is a giant warehouse with mini golf, laser tag, arcade games and tons of junk food. They even made it a place for adults to enjoy by serving alcohol in the special adults’ only section with pool tables and ...