Winter Loon by Bernhard Susan

Author:Bernhard, Susan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

LESTER WAS RIGHT. THERE WERE plenty of girls interested in him. The girl Daphne wore overalls that made her look like a toddler. When she asked Lester to dance, he picked her up like a child and tossed her so high onto a pile of mats, her friends had to spot her when she jumped down. The band played Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones, and Styx, and Jolene and I leaned against the fold-up bleachers, sipping spiked punch, making out, dancing when she insisted. My dance skills were limited to swaying, so I was happier when the song was slow and I could match her rhythm, my hands on her hips, her head against my shoulder. I remember thirsting for her, imagining her turned to creek water, cold and fresh, water I could scoop with both hands, that would wet the dryness in me, that would keep me alive. I must have sighed at the thought of it. She lifted her head, rested her eyes on mine, touched my cheek, thumb to my mouth. I leaned in, kissed her hard like we weren’t where we were.

We’d been at the dance maybe an hour when Lester tapped my shoulder, like he was trying to cut in. “I’m heading out. You two about done with the hillbilly ball?”

“No girl?” I asked.

“Nah, you got the best one, Ballot.”

It was true.

“Yeah,” Jolene said. “We should head out. Besides, you got a long day ahead of you tomorrow.”

“What’s going on?” Lester asked.

Jolene waved him off. “I’ll tell you later.”

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