Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Sáenz Benjamin Alire
Author:Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012-02-20T16:00:00+00:00
Eighteen
THIS IS THE LIST OF WHAT MY LIFE IS NOW:
-studying to get my driverâs license and studying hard to get into college. (This makes my mom happy.)
-lifting weights in the basement.
-running with Legs, who is not only a great dog, but also a great runner.
-reading Danteâs letters (sometimes I get two a week).
-arguing with Gina Navarro and Susie Byrd (about anything).
-trying to find ways of running into Ileana at school.
-looking through microfilms of the El Paso Times at the library trying to find out something about my brother.
-writing in my journal.
-washing my truck once a week.
-having bad dreams. (I keep running Dante down on that rainy street.)
-working twenty hours at the Charcoaler. Flipping burgers isnât so bad. Four hours on Thursday after school, six hours on Friday nights and eight hours on Saturday. (Dad wonât let me cover extra shifts.)
That list just about covered all my life. Maybe my life isnât all that interesting but at least Iâm busy. Busy doesnât mean happy. I know that. But at least Iâm not bored. Being bored is the worst.
I like having money and I like the fact that Iâm not dedicating too much time to feeling sorry for myself.
I get invited to parties and donât go.
Well, I did go to one partyâjust to see if Ileana was there. I left the party just as Gina and Susie were arriving. Gina accused me of being a misanthrope. She said I was the only boy in the whole damn school who had never kissed a girl. âAnd youâll never kiss one if you leave parties just as theyâre starting to get good.â
âReally?â I said. âIâve never kissed a girl? And how exactly did you come by this bit of information?â
âJust a hunch,â she said.
âYouâre trying to get me to tell you things about my life,â I said. âItâs not going to work.â
âWho have you kissed?â
âPut a lid on it, Gina.â
âIleana? I donât think so. Sheâs just toying with you.â
I just kept walking and flipped her a bird.
Gina, what was with that girl? Seven sisters and no brothersâthat was her problem. I guess she thought she could just borrow me. I could be the brother she could bug. She and Susie Byrd used to go by the Charcoaler on Friday nights around closing time. Just to keep bugging me. Just to piss me off. Theyâd order their burgers and fries and cherry Cokes and park and honk and wait for me to close up and just bug, bug, bug me and piss me off. Gina was learning to smoke and sheâd flash her cigarettes around like she was Madonna.
One time, they had beer. They offered me some. Okay, I had some beers with them. It was fine. It was okay.
Except Gina kept asking me who Iâd kissed.
But then I got an idea that would make her just stop hounding me. âYou know what I think,â I said. âI think you want me to lean into you and give you the kiss of your life.â
âThatâs disgusting,â she said.
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