After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay

Author:Randy Ribay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Bunny and I walk outside to snow. It’s nothing heavy, nothing that’s going to stick. But it’s still the first snow of the season, which is kind of weird, since it’s nearly spring. We head toward his sister’s car, not saying anything else. We watch the flakes fall, thin and light and melting soon as they hit any surface.

I guess that’s the thing. You never know when winter’s really over. It can be all sunlight and sprouting grass one day, and then cold and ice the next. Tonight, I can see my breath. The air is cooler and smells like winter clothes held close to the nose. Clouds blot out the stars and the moon. The world is still.

Once we reach the car, Bunny breaks the silence. “So . . . you want to go blazer shopping this weekend?”

I force a smile and look away. “Need some more time to think on it.”

“But you’re thinking about it?”

“Yeah,” I say. “I am.”

And this time I mean it.

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