At times, Sam feels it’s best just to put up the hood and feel safer. She feels somehow more protected that way. Her mind can quiet down enough to hear the background sound beneath the bubbly chatter. She finds solace in the hum.
Cheryl
Cheryl works very responsibly and studies extensively. She has an eye towards the future and she is willing to delay gratification (like floating above time). However there are those nights sometimes after the long hectic week where she sits down and eats and entire pint of ice cream all by herself.
Javier
Javier is always thinking. Javier is always day dreaming. Sometimes as he’s walking down the busy sidewalk his eye will randomly land on something, a bruise on a knee, for instance. He will think, “Oh Yeah..” and soften a bit. Where he goes not even his best friend knows.
Gerald
Louise
Louise takes Piano lessons. It is so hot that she has accessorized her slip to make it look like a party dress for a picnic at a rich estate. She is young and pretty enough to pull this off. Besides, she has red hair.
Sydney
Syndey takes Spanish class. Maybe that’s why he is still so sharp at an advanced age. His mind will never fail him. That much is clear.
He collects interesting plastic bags from far away places he sometimes goes. This is what he carries his homework in. No need for such extravagances as buying a bag. Not for him, anyway, he shrugs with a smile.
Thomas
Thomas isn’t afraid to sing in public. Wow.
Harold
Hariold likes to ride hard. Road ride. He has a beautifully basic slim, skinny even, luciously painted bike and this is where he is finally comfortable in the world. His strongest desire is to conquer that hill. He’d rather ride steeply straight UP than take the easier more gradual route which in the end takes the same time to get to the same place. He likes to do it the hard way. He rides hard.
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