Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff

Author:Allen Zadoff [Zadoff, Allen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: David_James Mobilism.org
ISBN: 9781606841945
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Published: 2009-04-08T05:00:00+00:00

april sucks my straw.

“Dude, you’re going through that pizza like a buzz saw,” O. says.

I’m halfway through a large extra cheese with hamburger, and O. hasn’t even started on his second slice yet. I pick off a big chunk of burger and pop it in my mouth.

“I’m hungry,” I say.

“It’s cool with me. Keep your weight up. It’s a good thing.”

“What do you care if I have a heart attack, right? As long as I make the blocks for you.”

O. puts his slice down.

“What’s up with you today?” he says.

I close my copy of Huckleberry Finn and put my Diet Coke on it like it’s a coaster.

“You screwed up,” I say.

“What are you talking about?”

“At the party the other night. April doesn’t have a thing for me. You were wrong.”

“But she came right up to you. I saw her. She was all over you.”

“She was all over me because she’s interested in you,” I say.

O. looks at me, wide-eyed.

“But I have a girlfriend,” he says.

“Like that matters.”

O. is so dense sometimes. He doesn’t get that he’s a star. For all I know, that’s part of being a star. You can pretend you’re not one because everyone already knows.

Suddenly April walks by the front window.

“Crap. I messed up and told her we’d be here. I didn’t think she’d actually show up.”

“April’s here?” he says. “Okay, let’s nip this in the bud.”

April catches my eye. She waves in a goofy, fake-surprised way and comes towards us.

“Wow. What a coincidence,” she says. “What are you guys doing here?”

O. sits there silently with his arms crossed.

“Studying,” I say.

“That’s cool,” she says. She looks down at the table. “Huckleberry Finn. One of my faves.”

“Yeah, it’s a good one,” I say.

“It’s lovely to live on a raft,” April says.

A quote from the book. Pretty impressive.

O. motions towards me. “My boy is taking me through it,” he says. “He’s a genius, this guy.”

“I know it,” April says.

Silence.

“Well, I don’t want to interrupt you guys,” April says.

“You want to join us?” I say.

O. shakes his head like I’m nuts.

“Sure!” April says. “But just for a second. I mean, I’m picking up something to go.”

I have to give April props. She’s an amazing liar.

She sits down between O. and me and adjusts her genius glasses. She’s wearing a tight blouse that shows off her cleavage. I’ve never seen her wear anything like that before. I notice O. glances down.

“Lisa tells me you’ve been helping her out,” O. says.

April says, “Yeah. We’re doing Chem together. A lot of people have trouble with it, but it’s a cinch for me. I have a science background because of my dad.”

“Lisa’s not really a science-and-math type,” O. says. “But she’s good at other things.”

He grins like he might have just said something crude.

“Everyone’s good at different things,” April says. “And if you’re not good, you can always learn.”

“You just need the right teacher,” O. says.

He reaches up and arranges his hair. Which means he’s nervous. Which means I’m in deep shit unless I do something.

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