Someday, Somewhere by Lindsay Champion

Author:Lindsay Champion [Champion, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Published: 2018-04-03T05:00:00+00:00

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Dominique

After school Cass and I stop by Lombardo’s Pizza. I want to catch him up on everything that happened last night without anyone hearing us. So we’re splitting an order of garlic knots and a cherry Coke, and just as I’m about to show him the playlist, my phone buzzes on the table.

“It’s your boyfriend,” Cass says. “Open it, open it.”

I check the text.

“He bought me tickets to something called ‘La Bo-heeme’ this weekend. At the Met?”

Cass stands up and pounds his palm on the plastic table.

“It’s pronounced ‘Boh-em.’ It’s an opera! It’s the one the musical Rent was based on.”

“I’ve never seen an opera before.”

“Me, either.”

“What’s it like?”

“Well, in Moonstruck — did you ever see the movie Moonstruck?”

“I don’t remember.”

“Okay, so in Moonstruck the guy from National Treasure is obsessed with opera, and it’s, like, his favorite thing in the world, so he takes Cher to see an opera at the Met, and it’s La Bohème, but, like, there’s this thing where he doesn’t have a hand, and there’s all this drama, and —”

“Wait, what? Back up a sec.”

“Dom, focus.”

A woman in a floral housedress comes up to our table. “¿Me daría una servilleta?”

“No hablo español,” I say apologetically.

The woman looks surprised, just like everyone always does when I say I can’t speak Spanish. I look like the freaking cover model for Spanish Speakers of Trenton magazine. But I took French in school and my mom has no time or interest in teaching me about my Ecuadorian side. She’s not on speaking terms with my dad, and it’s not like he’s exactly banging down our door to teach me about South American history. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go to Ecuador and meet my dad’s relatives. But then I remember I’d have no way of getting in touch with any of them, anyway, and the thought passes.

“A nap-kin,” the woman says, over-pronouncing every syllable like I’m the world’s biggest idiot. “Do you have a nap-kin?”

“Oh! No, sorry,” I say. My face gets hot. I need to learn Spanish.

The woman moves on to the next table. Cass is tearing at his paper plate, looking at the floor. I can tell something’s wrong.

“What’s up?” I ask.

He sighs. “So, Moonstruck. There’s this guy, right? And —”

“What’s wrong, Cass?”

“Nothing. I’m happy for you.”

I try to grab his hand, but he waves me away. He shakes his head, and I realize his eyes are getting wet.

“What is it?” I ask, suddenly afraid. “Please tell me.”

“It’s just … This is all the stuff we’ve always dreamed of. It’s actually happening for you. You’re getting to go to the city and see operas and get dressed up and eat in nice restaurants and do everything we’ve always wanted to do, and I’m so, so thrilled for you. I just thought we’d be doing it together. It’s only been a week, and everything’s totally changed. You have a boyfriend and this whole new universe, and here I am, waiting for my life to start.

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