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Show Inside Out, 55 Terra named the kitten Atticus, after the dad in To Kill a Mockingbird. She wanted a dad like Atticus. That night, after writing in her notebook, she put on the cd of hymns that Sister Johnson had given her the day of the funeral. She hadn't listened to it forever, but tonight she remembered it. It felt kind like an old blanket that she could wrap herself up in. Atticus snuggled in under her arm as she let the music wash around them. Notebook for Or. Scofield People are disgusting, dumping helpless creatures on the world and expecting them to make it. Or maybe they don't care whether anyone makes it. Speaking of disgusting, I can't stand how Simon leers at me. I wonder if all guys are disgusting and some just show it more than others. These last months I've learned a lot about the universe. The guys who bug me most are the ones who seem all smooth on the outside but you know they're just as trashy underneath, like some of the "popular"guys at school. Shiny, slimy fakes. Joe wasn 't like that. Well, until he was. Except, even when he started being weird it didn't seem like it was the real Joe acting that way. Was that because I knew him better, or because I hoped harder? |