ped out their mother's truck. Beethoven is his sister's Saint Bernard, and his name isn't even Beethoven, it's Luc

e, completely ignoring Geor

Me

to come for some reason, " Lenny says as he shoves her to t

school now. She wears big thick glasses and her hair is too straight that she doesn't even know what to do with it. She wears those

rge asks me as we make our way to th

t even online.

going on. I guess she feels important since she is "hanging out" with seniors. I was pretty sure she would find out that we a

I'm pretty sure that kind of food is for puppies, for the puppy golden retriever is standing in the front of the

t Nancy eats, she eats Pe

pid Pedigree is not here so w

al-Mart and buy it. That's

ted groan, "I am not goi

It's just acro

en since it's so

so George and I walk around the store throu

sister, " says George as h

ep

the army. He is somewhere in Korea on base. I don't think

ndy as I hear Georges' laz

Grecia's here? I look through the candy stands hopin

her delicate voice. I lean on the cot

wandering. Is Sara

uldn't keep his eyes off of her in English class. Kinda like I am with Grecia, he is with Sar

ess so she doesn't bring attention to herself, and she is just quiet. But George is in love with her. He actually asked her out once, but she said no because she wasn't ready for a boyfriend.

ld us the whole story. I guess I understand George, I mean if it was Grecia, I would wait 'till we were thirty if it was necessary. So now, every time he sees Sarai, say just going to her nex

ou can call her if you

her tomorrow. Wel

r a message. But she never got that message. So now we know her father doesn't like him, and it's not hard to know why.

r at least to notice me first. I pretend I am very interested in the bag of Guacamole chips. I turn it around and pretend to read through the health facts. I slightly turn my head t

t of her as she twists her ponytail in her hand,

ows I know her name, that will freak her out. What if I ask for something in the store, say

hear some la

g of Cheetos dropping t

loudly, I hadn't heard

ead appears in front of her, "Can yo

she repli

d me and I feel like I can't breathe.

e Lenny holding a different bag of dog foo

o lame, "

I say rapidly, I almost want to add, b

it. The bag is heavier than it looks. He hands me the

" Asks Megan and she

gister and we leave. I hold the bag in my arms and I feel like they are going to rip off its joints. I b

ooking at me with an amused

er, I try to bring my breathing back to normal before I approach Grecia. I

e bag, "Found everything y

eone else. The murmuring and breaking off of voice co

be ten ni

omputer. I hear the clincking of the change a

r the money in her hand and for a split second, I feel o

ile. I walk out where George and Lenny are waiting for me beside

h her hands pulling the other end of the dog food. And we walk out looking ridiculous, h

be the possibility that she didn't even see that, maybe the lady came back from peeing by the time Megan held the bag wi

og food by himself. On the bright side though, the bag's weight is lighter.

n." He pushes Megan to the side and takes the bag lik

she didn't