me. I was much more polite and nicer to her than Claudio. She had once told me I was like a son to her.
“I’ll come by sometime soon,” I promised.
“Really?” Claudio nodded. “Maybe on Friday, after we get our report cards. What are you doing during the vacation, anyway?”
I turned red again. At some point, I would have to say something about the sign language course. But this wasn’t the right moment for that.
“Please open your math books to page 132.” Ms. Hot Bod had put on her serious face.
“You think she always plays the dominatrix in private, too?” Claudio grinned.
What was Leah doing right then? Did she go to school like me? Was there a school for deaf kids? Group sex . . . there’s surely no way to say that in sign language. Being deaf must be frustrating sometimes!
“Is something wrong with your hearing?” Ms. Hot Bod glared at me. “You’ve daydreamed your way through math for months. Pull yourself together here at the end of the year and demonstrate this problem for us!”
“
Cama redonda
!” Claudio hissed at me.
“Giving away the answer doesn’t count!” Ms. Hot Bod looked at us accusingly. I stood up on shaky legs and went up to the board.
“What are you gonna do now? Tobias and I want to go to Meyer’s photo studio. He changed the display in his windows yesterday.” Meyer was a photographer near our school. He was known for his erotic photography. Twice now we had discovered photos of older girls who went to our school in his display window.
“I’ve got something else to do.” I looked away, feeling caught. During the lunch break, I had decided to go back to Freak City. Maybe Leah would be there. I couldn’t explain why, but I urgently wanted to see her again.
“You wouldn’t be starting up something sly now, would you? A new girlfriend you aren’t telling us about?” Claudio looked at me with distrust.
“Course not!” I shook my head. We had been best friends since the first grade. I had never had secrets from Claudio. The only thing I hadn’t told him about was the night with Sandra. Claudio had a lifelong subscription as an honorary virgin, and my news would only have made him depressed.
“Hey, guys, Ms. Hot Bod gave me a written warning!” Tobias joined us, out of breath. He had a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth and lit it just outside the entrance to the school.
“Really? What for?”
“She found out that I signed that last note about staying home sick instead of my mom. She said if I do that again, she’ll write me up for forgery.” Ms. Hot Bod was not someone to mess around with.
“Mika’s working on something he doesn’t want to tell us about.” Claudio was still studying me with great concern. “Something is up with you. You’re acting so weird. I hope you haven’t decided you’re a homo.” Claudio and Tobias were constantly making jokes about gays.
“That’s bull, man!” I turned beet red. I couldn’t help it. Claudio must have thought he had hit the nail on the head. Alarmed, he and Tobias exchanged looks.
“You’re cool with me, gay or not,” Tobias said and blew his smoke in my face.
“Me, too,” Claudio added in a conciliatory way. “But then you can forget about the four-way with Ms. Hot Bod. I don’t want you messing around with my backside and all that. Gay sex is only an option after I’ve checked out everything else!”
“I really have to get going.” These guys were really getting on my nerves. “If you see someone hot in the window, take pictures for me with your cell phone.”
“Will do.” Tobias hooked his arm in Claudio’s. “Come on, darling, let’s go.”
“Very funny!” I turned around, irritated, and went in the opposite direction.
I should have told both of them right away. It was absurd to make such a big secret of the whole thing, blowing it out of proportion. Nothing had even happened yet. And there was a good chance that nothing would come of it anyway. I bumped
“I’ll come by sometime soon,” I promised.
“Really?” Claudio nodded. “Maybe on Friday, after we get our report cards. What are you doing during the vacation, anyway?”
I turned red again. At some point, I would have to say something about the sign language course. But this wasn’t the right moment for that.
“Please open your math books to page 132.” Ms. Hot Bod had put on her serious face.
“You think she always plays the dominatrix in private, too?” Claudio grinned.
What was Leah doing right then? Did she go to school like me? Was there a school for deaf kids? Group sex . . . there’s surely no way to say that in sign language. Being deaf must be frustrating sometimes!
“Is something wrong with your hearing?” Ms. Hot Bod glared at me. “You’ve daydreamed your way through math for months. Pull yourself together here at the end of the year and demonstrate this problem for us!”
“
Cama redonda
!” Claudio hissed at me.
“Giving away the answer doesn’t count!” Ms. Hot Bod looked at us accusingly. I stood up on shaky legs and went up to the board.
“What are you gonna do now? Tobias and I want to go to Meyer’s photo studio. He changed the display in his windows yesterday.” Meyer was a photographer near our school. He was known for his erotic photography. Twice now we had discovered photos of older girls who went to our school in his display window.
“I’ve got something else to do.” I looked away, feeling caught. During the lunch break, I had decided to go back to Freak City. Maybe Leah would be there. I couldn’t explain why, but I urgently wanted to see her again.
“You wouldn’t be starting up something sly now, would you? A new girlfriend you aren’t telling us about?” Claudio looked at me with distrust.
“Course not!” I shook my head. We had been best friends since the first grade. I had never had secrets from Claudio. The only thing I hadn’t told him about was the night with Sandra. Claudio had a lifelong subscription as an honorary virgin, and my news would only have made him depressed.
“Hey, guys, Ms. Hot Bod gave me a written warning!” Tobias joined us, out of breath. He had a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth and lit it just outside the entrance to the school.
“Really? What for?”
“She found out that I signed that last note about staying home sick instead of my mom. She said if I do that again, she’ll write me up for forgery.” Ms. Hot Bod was not someone to mess around with.
“Mika’s working on something he doesn’t want to tell us about.” Claudio was still studying me with great concern. “Something is up with you. You’re acting so weird. I hope you haven’t decided you’re a homo.” Claudio and Tobias were constantly making jokes about gays.
“That’s bull, man!” I turned beet red. I couldn’t help it. Claudio must have thought he had hit the nail on the head. Alarmed, he and Tobias exchanged looks.
“You’re cool with me, gay or not,” Tobias said and blew his smoke in my face.
“Me, too,” Claudio added in a conciliatory way. “But then you can forget about the four-way with Ms. Hot Bod. I don’t want you messing around with my backside and all that. Gay sex is only an option after I’ve checked out everything else!”
“I really have to get going.” These guys were really getting on my nerves. “If you see someone hot in the window, take pictures for me with your cell phone.”
“Will do.” Tobias hooked his arm in Claudio’s. “Come on, darling, let’s go.”
“Very funny!” I turned around, irritated, and went in the opposite direction.
I should have told both of them right away. It was absurd to make such a big secret of the whole thing, blowing it out of proportion. Nothing had even happened yet. And there was a good chance that nothing would come of it anyway. I bumped
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