In fact, we're going out. Ed and Stinky are great friends of ours, too, and they play in the elementary metro leagues with the rest of us. Mary Ann's smile got bigger. Mary Ann's going out with Al Pickering, which I think is pretty funny. I mean, he's a great guy, but he was our archenemy when he QB'ed for the Cougars last year.
Middle school has a way of mixing up old loyalties.
I asked her. She pulled off her backpack and rummaged through it before handing me a piece of paper torn from a spiral notebook. This probably sounds crazy and superstitious, but I didn't want to move. I heard her pawing through her bag, and after half a minute more, she handed me a pencil whose point had been worn almost to the wood. I copied the number and Shirley's name and let out a breath.