our backs against the rough-hewn planks of wood, staring together up at a cloudless summer sky.
I would’ve told her that Davis and I never talked much, or even looked at each other, but it didn’t matter,
because we were looking at the same sky together, which is maybe more intimate than eye contact anyway.
Anybody can look at you. It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.
TWO
THE FEAR HAD MOSTLY SWEATED OUT OF ME, but as I walked from the cafeteria to history class,
I couldn’t stop myself from taking out my phone and rereading the horror story that is the “Human Microbiota” Wikipedia article.
I was reading and walking when I heard my mother shout at me through her open classroom door.
She was seated behind her metal desk, leaning over a book. Mom was a math teacher, but reading was her great love.
“No phones in the hallway, Aza!” I put my phone away and went into her classroom.
There were four minutes remaining in my lunch period, which was the perfect length for a Mom conversation.
She looked up and must’ve seen something in my eyes. “You okay?” “Yeah,” I said.
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