I had egg all over my face, and blaming it on her yard had done nothing to wash it off.
The way she ignored me, or so obviously avoided me, was a screaming loud reminder to me that I’d been a jerk. A royal cluck-faced jerk.
Then one day I’m coming home from hanging out with Garrett after school,
and there’s Juli in her front yard, hacking at a shrub. She is thrashing on the thing.
Branches are flying over her shoulder, and clear across the street I can hear her grunting and growling and saying stuff like,
“No… you… don’t! You are coming… off… whether you like it or… not!”
Did I feel good about this? No, my friend, I did not.
Yeah, their yard was a mess, and it was about time someone did something about it,
but c’mon – where’s the dad? What about Matt and Mike? Why Juli?
Because I’d embarrassed her into it, that’s why. I felt worse than ever.
So I snuck inside and tried to ignore the fact that here’s my desk and here’s my window,
and right across the street from me is Juli, beating up a bush. Not conducive to concentration. No siree, Bob. I got all of zero homework done.
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