Books fill up my room. Not baseball cards, or pictures of girls, or basketballs. Maybe a blown up picture of ¡¦ ¡¦ Pam Anderson might help.
Black-framed glasses and a white, pale, lanky body. I should start working out.
At least I can read. I read four books a day last summer. The librarian, 80-year-old Mrs. Woodsworth, she knows my middle name. If only I had a real friend. I am sick of seeing her old, bony, pale body. Although it resembles mine.
The kids at school laugh. Is it the way I dress? Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, La Tigre. I¡¯ve tried every designer out there. Staying in the house really saves me money. My stupid rich parents give me $50 a week for lunch. $50 times 36 weeks ¡¦ what is that? $1,000, $2,000, $10,000? I should probably know. Straight A¡¯s 12 years in a row and counting.
With all of this, or none of this – it depends how you look at it –
all I need is a friend.
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