I saw her recently, the girl with the pins. I was out to watch a movie with my sister, and she came out of a stall just as we walked in the bathroom. She looks different of course, and I think I'm taller than her now. I got thinking about the time when she was still the girl with the gel pens--that was the in thing at the time, gel pens. And she ( Read more... )

It was the second year in a row that we were classmates--fifth grade. We were never really friends. We didn't start hanging out til the school play. We both had minor roles, we played while waiting in the wings. But I didn't like her games, if that's what they were.

I can talk to spirits, she said, I know many different ones and they can talk ( Read more... )