-tardies
-the plain brick wall at the end of the science lab hall
-brown sugar Pop Tarts
-when Shane seems to like me for a little while—-and then he seems to not
September 25th, 1993
When I went to my locker after 4th period, I saw a note stuck in one of the slats. I thought it might be Jeremy because I missed 1st and 2nd period b/c I had a doc appointment.
But it was from Shane!
I’m going to copy it here word-for-word:
Hey Ethan,
Wassup? NMH just sittin in Carver’s class learning about imaginary numbers, but I’m imagining I’m somewhere else :0)~ Can you make sure Ev brings my chem book tomorrow? I need it back for a quiz. Carver is looking at me…okay now he’s not!
Also, can you meet me after school today? Ms. Reynolds has a photography project she wants me to do. She said that maybe I could enter them into a contest at BCC! Ev doesn’t want to, he says he’s too busy, so I thought maybe you could? WB and LMK or just tell me at lunch.
C-ya! Shane
I didn’t write him back, b/c I was just going to tell him at lunch. But Shane wasn’t at lunch. I found out in 7th period it was b/c he had to go home b/c of his grandparents. I asked Evabout it when he drove us home from school, but he wouldn’t tell me anything. He’s such a dick sometimes.
Anywayz, I wrote back Shane to tell him that I can meet him after school. I hope I don’t sound too stupid or eager. I haven’t asked my parents yet, but I don’t think it will interfere with anything and Shane can drive me home :)
Man, now I’m nervous!!
More later!
Okay, it’s like 11:30 p.m. right now.
Shane came over for dinner. Well, at first, he was just going to get his chem book from Everett. He seemed kind of upset, but then my mom said he could have dinner with us if he wanted to. It seemed like he was just going to go, but then he stayed. He and Ev kept exchanging looks and he didn’t really talk to me. He went up to Ev’s room and they shut the door. I thought maybe he forgot about the note and asking me, so I just tried to do my homework. Then! There was a knock on my door and it was Shane!
He asked me if I got his note, and I said that I did.
I told him that I wrote him back, but I can just tell him now, but he stopped me and asked for my note. He said if I went through all the trouble of writing it, then he should read it. So, he read it in my room and smiled and said, “Cool!”
I said cool too!
But then he had to go. He kept my note, though. He put it in his pocket! Man, this night was awesome!
That’s all 4 now!
October 11, 1993
I’ve been too busy to write much.
Shane has been taking pictures of me for his photography project. At first, he just had me do stuff like hold a pinecone or an apple and he’d take a picture of it. Then he drove us to the park. It’s not a great-looking park. Some of the equipment isn’t kept up very well, and it’s all rusted and stuff.
Shane told me where to stand and where to look. I felt weird doing it. And kinda shy. Because Shane is looking at me. Like all his attention is on me. And even though I like it, it feels weird b/c I’m just not used to it I guess. And besides, the only time I’ve had my picture taken is for school and when my parents do it. This wasn’t like that. I told Shane I wasn’t sure what he wanted me to do. It looked like he felt bad, so he told me to just walk around the park and do whatever. He would follow me and take pictures.
So, I did what he said. At first, it was weird b/c I was just aware of Shane behind me the whole time. But after a while I just started walking around, picking up sticks from the ground and tossing them in the air. Then I stood on one of the swings and tried to swing back and forth. I would look around and see Shane behind a tree or a few feet away. After a while, I justsort of kept forgetting he was even there. It got to be kind of fun.
Shane would laugh at some of the stuff I did and tell me to just keep doing it or turn a little bit or do it one more time. It’s really fun! I liked laughing with Shane.
And I also felt strange because it was just Shane and me without Everett around, which is weird.
