but the instructor was like, ‘Your driving is unpleasant, but it isn’t technically unsafe.’”
I’m not sure I agree,” I said. “I suspect Cancer Perk.Cancer Perks are the little things cancer kids get that regular kids don’t:
basketballs signed by sports heroes, free passes on late homework, unearned driver’s licenses, etc.
“Yeah,” he said. The light turned green. I braced myself. Augustus slammed the gas.
You know they’ve got hand controls for people who can’t use their legs,I pointed out.
“Yeah,” he said. “Maybe someday.” He sighed in a way that made me wonder whether he was confident about the existence of someday.
I knew osteosarcoma was highly curable, but still.
There are a number of ways to establish someone’s approximate survival expectations without actually asking.
I used the classic: “So, are you in school?” Generally, your parents pull you out of school at some point if they expect you to bite it.
“Yeah,” he said. “I’m at North Central. A year behind, though: I’m a sophomore. You?”
I considered lying. No one likes a corpse, after all. But in the end I told the truth.
No, my parents withdrew me three years ago.“Three years?” he asked, astonished.
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