“Well, what are you planning to do?” He flushed. “I can't go into no girls' room.”
“Oh, I get it. You're going to send me into the shark's jaws. No, thank you, Mr. Aarons.”
“Leslie, I swear—I'd go in there if I could.” He really thought he would, too.
“You ain't scared of her, are you, Leslie?” He didn't mean it in a daring way, he was just dumbfounded by the idea of Leslie being scared.
She flashed her eyes at him and tossed her head back in that proud way she had.
“OK, I'm going in. But I want you to know, Jess Aarons, I think it's the dumbest idea you ever had in your life.”
He crept down the hall after her and hid behind the nearest alcove to the girls' room door.
He ought at least to be there to catch her when Janice kicked her out. There was a quiet minute after the door swung shut behind Leslie.
Then he heard Leslie saying something to Janice. Next a string of cuss words which were too loud to be blurred by the closed door.
This was followed by some loud sobbing, not Leslie's, thank the Lord, and some sobbing and talking mixed up and—the bell.
He couldn't be caught staring at the door of the girls' room, but how could he leave? He'd be deserting in the line of fire.
The rush of kids into the building settled it. He let himself be caught up in the stream and made his way to the basement steps,
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