Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia

Author:Rita Williams-Garcia
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780061975714
Publisher: HarperCollins

16

Like a Dead Saint

TRINA

NORMALLY I SIT THROUGH HOMEROOM and draw in my little notebook or chat with the guys to give them hope, but I can’t sit myself still. I’m all shaky-shaky on the inside, my feet and my chair legs quake against the floor, Shakira-hip-shake fast. I can’t sit still for another fifteen minutes. Not when I know Mr. Sebastian is hanging my artwork. None of my classes are near the gallery so how would I get there to see the mural? I’ll have to wait until lunch or until seventh and eighth period when I have Art. But I’m sorry. That is too long a time to wait. I just have to see my work and how Mr. Sebastian is hooking it up.

True, I admired my beauties when I had them spread out on the floor at home, but seeing them displayed in the gallery is entirely special. When you stand before all your work hanging up like that, you appreciate the colors, the music, the mixes. That’s your work, your talent out on display. It’s like the world can witness your greatness and you don’t have to say a word.

I don’t even have to lie. My homeroom teacher knows I have the antsies and lets me go.

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