Other Words for Love by Lorraine Zago Rosenthal

Author:Lorraine Zago Rosenthal
Language: ces
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780375896927
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-01-10T23:00:00+00:00

Kindergarten. That was what was in my mind after Rachel and Leigh caught a ride home with Del and Idalis and I sat next to Blake as we sped down the parkway. The car windows were open, the sun was setting, and I thought that kindergarten was the last time the sun had looked so golden and the air had smelled so fresh. Little things had made me happy back then—little humdrum trivial nothing things, like polish on my toenails and strawberry shampoo and a crisp new dollar that I could spend on the Good Humor man. As I got older I’d noticed that nail polish chipped, and shampoo burned if it got in your eyes, and the Good Humor man’s ice cream was no different from the stuff in the freezer case at Pathmark. The color slowly drained from everything and it was all just boring and pointless or both.

But tonight, when I got out of the car in front of my house, I could have sworn that Saint Anne was smiling. My neighborhood trees looked leafier than usual, the whole block smelled of a barbecue, Blake’s face was more handsome than any I’d imagined while I was kissing my hand, and I felt like I was in kindergarten again.

It was getting dark and the air turned cool. Blake leaned against his car, draping his arms around my waist.

“Listen,” he said. “Can we just say we’re a steady thing?”

The lady next door was lugging her trash can to the curb. Crickets chirped and kids played stickball and I nodded. Then I saw Blake’s Colgate smile. He held my face in his hands and kissed my forehead, and I was sure it meant something. A guy who didn’t care about you just wanted to feel you up and feel you down, and Blake hadn’t tried any of that. Only a guy who really cared would give a girl something as sweet and innocent as a forehead kiss on a dreamy April night.

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