We Are the Goldens by Dana Reinhardt

Author:Dana Reinhardt
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-385-74257-3
Publisher: Random House Children's
Published: 2014-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

It was all too much for one day. But I came back from 24th Street and we packed our things and returned to Mom’s and got our homework in order and chose our outfits for school and hit up Mom for lunch money. We had soccer finals coming up and I had play rehearsals and there were quizzes to study for, because life wants to be lived. You can’t just sit on a bench all day outside a donut shop, wishing everything were different.

You and I didn’t say another word about Mr. B. There were so many things I wanted to ask you on Sunday evening: Is this what you imagined that day on the sidewalk outside Madame Mai’s when you twirled around like a foolish little girl? That you’d love a teacher? A man who had a reputation when it came to his students? But I also didn’t want to talk about it anymore. Like Felix said, sometimes talking about things makes them real.

Mom homed in on my mood. She eyed me across the living room, where I sat trying to read the last chapter of The Good Earth. This should have been my sweet spot, but I couldn’t focus.

“ ‘When something is wrong with my baby,’ ” she said, “ ‘something is wrong with me.’ ”

“I’m not a baby.”

“Those are song lyrics, Nell.”

“Well, that’s a stupid song.”

She went back to the Sunday paper and let me be.

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