I look around and my eyes settle on the new girl, the one from homeroom. She’s my sister. Porn vedio I zone out. I head upstairs to my room to do some homework, but end up laying down on my bed. We will see him again at lunch. “Tell me. Dad, I don’t know about this, could be a sign of the apocalypse.”
Chuckling, I flick her ear as I walk past her on the way to the sink to wash the dishes. High school here where we live in Florida is a bit different. If I don’t, that number one ranking won’t mean anything. Without looking up from his laptop my dad says, “And if you roll your eyes at me again, you’ll really be sorry.”
“How does he do that?” she asks me animatedly, “That shouldn’t be possible, he wasn’t even looking!”
“Must be some psychic power you get when you get old.” I whisper back. That’s the thing I love about her. She looks so happy, perfectly content. I pull on my shirt and start walking back towards the lifeguard office, hoping to see my boss Mike so I can collect my last paycheck and thank him for a good summer of work.
