I'm not sure how to order."
"Easy," Josh says. "Stand in line. Tell them what you want. Accept delicious goodies. And then give them your meal card and two pints of blood."
"I heard they raised it to three pints this year," Rashmi says.
"Bone marrow," Beautiful Hallway Boy says. "Or your left earlobe.
French name, English accent, American school. Anna confused.
Stephanie PerkinsSoap?"
"School of America in Paris" he explains. "SOAP".
Nice. My father sent me here to be cleansed.
Har. Bloody. Har.
Stephanie PerkinsMadame Guillotine gets mad at me. Not because I told them to shove it, but because I didn’t say it in French. What is wrong with this school?
Stephanie PerkinsI don’t care what he thinks. Only what you think.” He holds me tighter. “Like if you think I need to stop biting my nails.”
“You’ve worn your pinkies to nubs,” I say cheerfully.
Pinkie means excited or happy, thumb means thinking or worried. I’m surprised I know
the meaning of these gestures. How closely have I been paying attention to him?
Will you please tell me you love me? I’m dying here.
Stephanie PerkinsThe only French word I know is oui, which means “yes,” and only recently did I learn it’s spelled o-u-i and not w-e-e.
Stephanie PerkinsFor the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.
Stephanie PerkinsTag: love home relationships touching
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