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“Are you studying psychology next year?” I ask because she’s not far off.
“Maybe, it’s between that and writing. I can’t tell if I’m good at reading people, or I just like a good story.” She nudges my shoulder. “I’m sorry your dad is hard on you.”
“Yeah, that was more of a heartwarming story about him, unfortunately.”
“Okay we are dead even,” she says changing the subject. “You’re going down this round.”
We play for a little while longer and I find out she and her mom have a strained relationship, her dad is her best friend, she loves Weezer, and she is allergic to eggplant. She now knows that I dressed up as Darth Vader three years in a row for Halloween, my mom died when I was six, woodshop was my favorite subject, and I’m going to be a lawyer.
“We are still even,” I say after we have a couple of peaches as a snack. The rain is coming down a little more now so we are huddling under the umbrella, and the beach is empty.
“Ugh, what I wouldn’t give for a flash of lightning so we could go take a hot shower.”
“Together?” I casually toss out and instantly regret the flirty tone.
“Ha, I thought you were a virgin.”
I pull my hood down over my face and curl into a ball.
“What’s happening to you?” she asks, thoroughly amused.
“I’m retreating, can we pretend I didn’t make a lame attempt at flirting?” I request behind the soft material of my sweatshirt.
“That was flirting?” She asks sounding shocked.
“Apparently, no,” I say and fling my hood back. “I’m addicted to post-apocalyptic fantasy, my left leg is shorter than my right, and I can’t stand Bruce Willis.”
“Whoa, the only possible answer is you love Bruce Willis, Die Hard is a top ten movie.”
I turn to her, eyes narrow. “Of course it is, but quick follow-up question, is Die Hard a Christmas movie?”
She rolls her eyes. “Duh, of course, it is. It takes place on Christmas Eve, there’s a party, and a jolly fat dude.”
I put my hands up and look at her like the crazy person she is. “You did not just call Al, Santa? First of all, it’s an action movie, it just happens to take place at Christmas, and the party is over almost immediately.”
“Oh please, there’s even snow,” she says tapping her nose and laughing.
“Do you want to go to Dirk’s party with me later?” I ask because how can I not?
“Okay, non-sequitur. I was already going but we can go together,” she says casually.
There are a few minutes of silence and I think we are done with the game.
“I fell down a full flight of stairs on my 13th birthday, snakes fascinate me, and I once broke a guy’s nose with my crotch,” she rushes out in a monotone voice.
I can’t help but chuckle at the last one.
“You have a lot of stories about being clumsy.” She glares at me but I just smile back. “But, I think the falling down the stairs is a lie.”
“Dammit!” she says playfully punching me in the shoulder. “I did actually fall down the stairs on my birthday but it was last year.”
“I need to hear how you broke a guy’s nose with your crotch though,” I say because obviously that’s going to be a good one.
Lightning flashes as she turns to tell me the story and we both jump.
“Guess that story will have to wait for another day,” she says with a smirk.
CHAPTER 4
