“No, I don’t think so.” I shrugged. “I’m being fitted for new ones anyway.”
“Hmm. Why don’t you talk about it with your parents tonight? I’ll call your mom tomorrow to talk about it with her, too.”
“Would they go to jail?” I asked. “No, not jail. But they’d probably go to juvie court.
And maybe they’ll learn a lesson that way.” “Trust me: that Eddie kid is not learning any lessons,” I joked.
He sat down behind his desk. “Auggie, why don’t you sit down a second?” he said. I sat down.
All the things on his desk were the same as when I first walked into his office last summer:
the same mirrored cube, the same little globe floating in the air.
That felt like ages ago. “Hard to believe this year’s almost over, huh?” he said, almost like he was reading my mind.
“Yeah.” “Has it been a good year for you, Auggie? Has it been okay?” “Yeah, it’s been good.” I nodded.
“I know academically it’s been a great year for you. You’re one of our top students. Congrats on the High Honor Roll.”
“Thanks. Yeah, that’s cool.” “But I know it’s had its share of ups and downs,” he said, raising his eyebrows.
“Certainly, that night at the nature reserve was one of the low points.” “Yeah.” I nodded.
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