A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner

Author:Phil Bildner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

18

TELLING

“Pick up, pick up, pick up,” I say.

I’m pacing back and forth on the steps in front of my building. Webb dropped me off a minute ago, and I need to talk to Zoey before I head in.

“Hey, what’s up?” she answers.

“Yes!” I say. “Hey, Zoey.”

“I only have a second,” she says. “I’m still at robotics.”

“I didn’t want to put this in a text.”

“Is everything okay?” she asks. “What’s the matter?”

“I told Webb.”

“You told—You did? Seriously? Wow, how did it go?”

“I think … great,” I say. I’m shaking as I speak. “It went great, Zoey.”

“Did you tell him in person or on the phone?”

“In person,” I say. “At practice just now. We were the only two left at the fields, and … and it just came out.”

“That’s amazing, Silas.”

“I know, I know.” My voice cracks. “You’re not the only one who knows anymore.”

“That’s amazing, Silas,” she says again. “Amazing. I want to hear all about it, but I have to get back to—”

“Webb knew about Glenn Burke,” I say. “He knew he invented the high five and that he was gay.” I say the last word softly and look around as I do.

“Amazing.”

“He said Glenn Burke never got the high five he deserved.”

“Silas, I really need to—”

“Go, go, go,” I say.

“Thanks. Hey, Silas?”

“Yeah?”

“High five.”

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