Wrong Thing by Graham Barry

Author:Graham, Barry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2011-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

Miguel wasn’t home. The Kid and Vanjii sat in the kitchen and drank green tea.

“You know something?” Vanjii said. “You are fucking cool.” The Kid smiled. “How come?”

“You only just met me, and you take me to the hospital and sit there forever waiting for me . . . That’s so cool.”

“Maybe I just like hospitals,” the Kid said, and they both laughed. The Kid moved his chair closer to hers and kissed her.

“Can I ask you something?” she said.

“Yeah.”

“I know you like me . . . but do you like me like me? Like, I know you think I’m cute and stuff, but would you want to hang out with me a lot?”

“Yeah.”

“For real?”

“Yeah.”

“‘Cause I really like you,” she said. “And you don’t have to say stuff just to get in bed with me, because I want to do that anyway. But I just want to know if you like me.”

“Yeah.”

They went to the Kid’s bedroom. He turned on a lamp, and Vanjii looked around. The walls were white, and almost bare. There was a mirror, two photos of lowriders, and a painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe, done by a friend in prison. There were shelves of books, a stereo, piles of CDs, and a double bed.

The Kid was standing behind her. He put his arms around her waist, and she leaned back against him. They stayed like that for a moment, then she turned around and kissed him quickly. “Can we go to sleep?” she said. “I’m so tired.”

The Kid went to the bathroom. When he came back, Vanjii was getting in bed. He saw that she was wearing her T-shirt and panties. He didn’t know if that meant he shouldn’t be naked, so he stripped to his boxer shorts and got in the bed. “Should I turn the light off?” he said.

“Yeah.”

“Do you need me to set the alarm?”

“Well . . . I gotta work at noon.”

He turned off the lamp. “I’ll wake up way before then.”

They snuggled together, kissed a little. The Kid began kissing Vanjii’s neck, pressing himself against her. Her breathing got heavy, then she laughed and hunched her shoulders to stop him. “Okay, knock it off. You’re getting me all hot.”

“Good. I’m sure trying.”

“Yeah, but I still don’t feel so good. I need to sleep.”

“Okay.”

“I know that sounds lame.”

“No, it doesn’t.”

She kissed him. “Plenty of time, huh?”

“Yeah.”

She fell asleep, with one of the Kid’s arms around her. He stayed awake for a while, listened to her breathing as she slept, listened to his own, and at some point he slept too.

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