- Drew
squinted across the hall at the poster on the wall. Checklist
For Girls For Homecoming.
He rolled his eyes; why should
the girl be the one to have to worry
about all that shit?
- Stephanie
attended the regional school across the county. She was never that
close to Drew or Theresa in the beginning. Drew awkwardly tried to
make out with her at a party once before she politely informed him
that she was much more interested in making out
with his female
companions.
- A
few weeks later Theresa and Drew were watching a movie in his room
when the phone rang. It was Amber, who was barely comprehendable
between screams and tears.
- Drew
and Stephanie had photography together. They barely spoke. For
once, Drew just kept his mouth shut and did not blurt out any number
of random forms of bullshit.
- Drew and Theresa had a bad falling
out with Amber and fell in love with each other.
- The
first memory Drew had of Amber was in a library.
- When
he first started teaching, for the first time in nearly ten years,
Drew walked through the section of the library where he first met
Amber.
- Drew started
laughing until the glare Theresa gave him made him realize this was
not funny.
- Drew tried to be supportive but found
Amber's continued lack of romantic desire for him to be frustrating.
- After their reconciliation,
Amber
afforded herself an afternoon to go through a big box of memories of
her friendship with Drew which she had not looked through in years.
- On
the first day of summer in 2001,
Amber and Drew got together at a local bar where she purchased
illegal drugs.
- Theresa was waiting for Drew on campus
the morning after the towers fell.
- Drew
and Theresa
lay on his bed staring up at the ceiling.
- Neither
Drew or Theresa enjoyed making love.
- Drew saw her and smiled.
