Crazy by Benjamin Lebert

Author:Benjamin Lebert [Lebert, Benjamin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Literary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780613338813
Google: 6NQkVXzcCUwC
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Goodreads: 7316112
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1999-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“You want to split?” asks Janosch, enraptured, when I pull him out of our room. I have just packed the most important things into my blue backpack. Water. A few bars of chocolate. A book. You never know; maybe I’ll take to reading. Could be. Janosch grins. There’s the light of adventure in his eyes. He’s quite excited, as far as I can tell.

Florian says that for Janosch, this is the greatest. He always wanted to run away but never trusted himself to manage it on his own. Now he’s got a whole mob behind him. So he’s got to join in—he’s too crazy not to, according to Florian. Florian a.k.a. Girl is also in. He thinks it’s too boring here anyway. And he’s got Skinny Felix onboard. He wasn’t too keen at the beginning—too dangerous—but now he’s with us. It’s how it has to be. The whole thing is too exciting to let it just roll on by. The same goes for Fat Felix. He took a nap for a couple of hours this afternoon, so he has no idea yet how lucky he is. Janosch wants to wake him. We don’t think this is such a good idea.

“You’re too rough,” says Skinny Felix.

“Me, too rough?” asks Janosch. “Come on— Glob loves me! The idea of taking an illegal trip to Munich with me will thrill him, for sure. I know him.” Janosch goes into Glob’s room. Less than two minutes later he comes back out, towing Fat Felix.

Felix looks half asleep. His eyes are tiny, and his hair is down over his face. He looks a sight. We all laugh. You can still see the creases from the pillows on his cheeks. He starts waving his arms wildly.

“You guys are nuts!”

“Of course we’re nuts,” says Janosch. “That’s why we need someone who isn’t. And since Mr. Teacher Landorf won’t be coming, we immediately thought of you!”

“You’re right,” says Felix. “But because I’m not nuts, I’m not coming.”

“That’s what we thought,” says Janosch, “but we need you. You have to come too! Most people need a port in a storm. You’re our storm in a port.”

“Your storm in a port?”

“Yes, our big sugar treat,” Janosch explains.

“And what exactly makes me your big sugar treat?” Felix wants to know.

“Because Malen isn’t coming,” answers Janosch. “That’s what makes you our big sugar treat. But I think you’re up to it. Your tits are just as big.” Janosch puts his arm around Fat Felix.

“Can I take a backpack with some candy?” he asks. “I can’t help it—I need it.”

“Take whatever you want,” is Janosch’s reply, “but please, no roast pork or anything like that. Now move!”

“You’ve just given me a great idea,” Glob interrupts. “Munich must be pork heaven. Do you think I could get some?”

“If the answer’s yes, will that make you come?”

“You can bet on it,” says Felix.

“You’ll come just because there’s something to eat!” Janosch is exasperated. “You’re too fat as it is.”

“Too fat, maybe,” says Felix, “but I’m still your storm in a port.

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