I hoped mine still smelled like toothpaste. “I was looking for you, too.”
Then, we were quiet for the rest of the song. She held me a little closer. I held her a little closer.
And we kept dancing. It was the one time all day that I really wanted the clock to stop. And just be there for a long time.
After the dance club, we went back to Peter’s apartment, and I gave everyone their graduation presents.
I gave Alice a film book about Night of the Living Dead, which she liked,
and I gave Mary Elizabeth a copy of My Life as a Dog on videotape with the subtitles in it, which she loved.
Then, I gave Patrick and Sam their presents. I even wrapped them up special.
I used the Sunday funny papers because they are in color. Patrick tore through his.
Sam didn’t rip any of the paper. She just plucked off the tape. And they looked at what was inside each box.
I gave Patrick On the Road, Naked Lunch, The Stranger, This Side of Paradise, Peter Pan, and A Separate Peace.
I gave Sam To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, Hamlet, Walden, and The Fountainhead.
Under the books was a card that I wrote using the typewriter Sam bought me.
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