G -1 by Kyle Thomas Bruhnke

Author:Kyle Thomas Bruhnke
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), Speculative Fiction
ISBN: 9781439264126
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
Published: 2009-11-29T17:00:00+00:00

Fireworks

Everything appears pretty quiet when I drive up to Jared’s house the next day. It’s hard to tell there’s an investor tour being held. I park the hy-ped next to their car and walk up the steps of the porch. The entry door is open. Through the screen door, I hear loud voices. After a few moments listening, I know it’s Jared and Kylie.

“Shut up you jerk!” I hear Kylie shout, her voice rising in anger. “That’s got nothing to do with it! Besides, Dad said I could.”

“Yeah, sure,” I hear a taunting reply. “Are you about ready?”

“Just get out of here! I’ll be ready when I’m ready.” Then I hear a door slam.

It’s quiet for a moment so I think it’s probably safe to knock. Jared answers quickly, a big smile on his face. He pushes the screen door open to join me on the porch. “Better sit down. It’s going be a while,” he says with a guilty look on his face.

“What’s going on?” I ask with hesitation, not sure I want to hear the answer.

“Nothing really. I was just giving her a hard time.”

“About what?”

“You’ll see. She’s just…” Jared starts to say something and stops. “Actually,” he begins again, “I just think she’s a little nervous about the whole presentation thing. She really doesn’t want to do it and she told Dad this morning. She was up all night, making notes, and practicing in her room.”

“But she’s given reports and presentations in school,” I reason. “I remember her talking about that one last spring in… what was it?”

“Geometry.”

“Yeah, geometry. Something about rocket trajectories and how it’s so important to be able to calculate that kind of stuff. She really loved doing that report.”

“Yeah, and she did a good job,” he compliments his sister, “but this is totally different. It’s for a bunch of stodgy old suits, not her friends and classmates. Anyway, that wasn’t the gist of our discussion. You’ll see.”

It’s not too many more minutes before Kylie comes out the door. And I see what Jared is talking about. Kylie is dressed in a sleek black slack suit, standing a little taller in slightly raised, black heels. As she gets closer, the chemical aroma of dry cleaning is noticeable. It mixes poorly with the other, sweet fragrance of her usual perfume. A string of pearls hang around her slender neck, with matching earrings lightly framing her face. Her hair is up in a way I haven’t seen before, and she is carrying a black leather notebook. She looks ready for business. She looks grown up.

“Let’s go,” she scowls at Jared. Noticing me, and softening with an faint smile, she adds, “Hi Tyler.”

“You look great!” I compliment her, almost breathless.

“Thanks,” she whispers as she passes by. Stopping at the top of the steps, she holds out her arm cocked back at the elbow and looks vulnerably back at me. “Could you give me a hand?” I’m there in a second, taking her arm like we are headed to the prom, helping her gingerly down the front steps and out to the car.

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