17. It’s barely step one
- Jacob -
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“I thought you were coming to our school today?”
West sits next to me in the locker room wearing his shoes after our match practice.
“No man... one more week. Next Monday, to be exact.” I frown, “I thought I told you about that chemistry competition on Sunday..”
West scoffs, “You indeed are a dork!” and walks out of the locker room. Nerd would be more appropriate. But Ok.. Whatever gets you off West. If someone from Maple High would have teased me, I might have taken offense. But I know West doesn’t mean it like that. He is crude to everyone. His default mode.
I like him. He is fun to be around and surprisingly cool for things other boys have embarrassed me about. I am looking forward to attending school with him. I am sure we will have some of
