The Streets by Tom Sheridan

Author:Tom Sheridan [Sheridan, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The phone call came after school. TJ picked up the off-white phone from the kitchen wall on Bunns. It was Mom. Droppin a bomb. She had just gotten a call from Miss Lane. Apparently, TJ’s presentation had hit Lane like Anchorman had hit T. So different, the observer wasn’t sure what to make of it. Only to realize hours later he/she loved it. In Lane’s case, she said it was because it was thoroughly original and exquisitely crafted. TJ’s presentation. Not Anchorman. (Although Lane did appreciate Anchorman as well for both its politically incorrect 1970s setting and positive feminist message.) And not only did Lane love it, Julie’s boy, her boy as Julie kept calling TJ, had an open invite to join Future Problem Solvers.

TJ stood stunned in the kitchen on Bunns. “That’s…great.”

“My boy. I’m so proud of you.” Julie then told TJ she had to get back, but the call had been a nice shelter from the storm. Mom. Always killin with Dylan.

But when TJ hung up the off-white phone, something was off. Her boy. As she said over and over. But as Lane said, Exquisitely crafted and thoroughly original. Exquisitely crafted. Yeah, TJ had honed that presentation all night like he was high school Julie circa 1990. But. It was based on something Franco had said as they tore through the streets of Jersey. Her boy. A more accurate tale would be the one T learned about in A Bronx Tale. A line from C occurred to T. About how he was getting two educations. One from school. And one from the street. That way, he’d be twice as smart. TJ looked in the living room mirror. Big eyes like Mom’s. Exquisitely crafted. A chiseled chin like Dad’s. And thoroughly original.

TJ looked out the front window to the projects across the way. A smile lit up his face as four five-year-olds ran in a race. And it wasn’t just that sight that caused him delight. The son of The Brawler had come up with his own nickname. The Brain from Bunns Lane.

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