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Man. I miss the
beach. I wanted to go to the Tides, man,
but it’s like hard to go there now. If
you’re not from there, you have to have papers. Plus I don’t think the bus goes
there. But hey, it’s cool that Ally’s
letting me stay here.
Yeah so Ally’s
here too. So like, Ally and her Mom always
fight, even though Ally moved out a long time ago, but it’s like they had a final
showdown or something. Like Jed’s
Grandpa wants to have another kid and her Mom’s too old, but they can like, go
to the clinics or something. Babyrita,
Ally calls it…you know, like a blender baby.
Ally’s sisters and brothers – the Spiffington ones and the Wainwright ones – were like, whatever, but Ally just lost
it. She came home and told Jed and me that
she loved us but she wasn’t raising ANY MORE of us and furthermore the three of
us were the only sane ones left in town and she wasn’t staying if we were
leaving, so. We decided to all go together.
We left right
after graduation. Graduation, man. I graduated.
Yeah, like no shit. Jed said he
wasn’t gonna go if I wasn’t there. And
like, he really wanted to go. Shit. So like, I had to go with him to study club
and then show up and like take tests, like SERIOUSLY. He owes me, man. Someday we’re
gonna go to Lucky Palms and he’s gonna help me run the tables. Someday when we have money.
Anyway. Ma came back for graduation. She even said she was proud of me. Eventually. First she wanted to know if I like, had the principal in the basement or something. Then she like, made me get a haircut. “Dub knows I never thought this day would come, Tarik, and unless I can see your face in the picture, I still won’t believe it.”
The asshole
didn’t show up. Of course. Jed’s Mom came, and Ally, for Jed. Jed’s Grandpa and Ally’s Mom came… for
Precious. Yeah.
But then like, Jed’s
Grandpa invited us to their house for a going-away party. Well he invited JED. And then didn’t slam the door in my face,
ha. And he offered to let Jed and Ally
stay in his old place here in East Midcentralburg. Until we know if we get into Uni or not? I guess he felt bad. If Jed doesn’t get in, we’re gonna stay here
and get jobs. Ally says I can stay with her either way, if I don’t get in.
Either way, man, I don’t care, I’m out of the Valley and I’m free.
Although a
beach would be nice.
Ally’s like at
work. She got a job in Midcentralburg
already. Jed’s coming later today. Soon
as we got off the bus, he had to go to the clinics, take some tests or something,
and he had to stay all night. He couldn’t like eat or drink. I would DIE, and
I’m big, and he’s so skinny. He’s like really nervous, cause we don’t know for
sure if we got in. But Ally’s sister Jo
said if he had to go to the clinics then he must have made it. She’s kind of smart too, Jo. Jo’s one of the ones that’s a doctor. She
scares me a little – what is that noise?
I didn’t even
smoke that much last night.
