t talk to Miss Garber about our plans for t it    er sed you ;; On Monday, ; and for t t about four zillion times.

        But Miss Garber actually    our idea oer. Sold t o do ts as    t t t ing for someoo nod so s official. No one moved a muscle, except for Eddie. Some t exaent, and ly. t    across    by Norma Jeans leg. S of    loud, and ted, "E; t of tarted looking around and ing trying to see en seds total pandemonium in t was as good of an answer as she needed.

        "Marvelous," she discussion.

        Jamie, meaned about perf for t;t; s spiratorially, "but Ive been o do for t it for mont tmas to be t special one of all."

        "mas so important?" I asked iently, as if Id asked a question t didnt really matter.

        "It just is," she said simply.

        t step o talk it over or of t Mr. Jenkins before, being t ty,    i evening, I    of    I    dressed nioug s to make a good impression. Even t as excited about it as Jamie ed as Jamie), I didnt    to be regarded as tmas for ther.

        Before    to ting, o my o pick up my moms car, and tle ook about ten minutes or so, and Jamie didnt say muc least until    to my neig, and sions    muc, but o my    taking in her surroundings.

        No doubt it     later I sao tings t liors, so to speak. As ire lineage could be traced in t liared at turention to till looked practically y years. ture    , but it    somet about. to me, it    a e part of it    led to t was my escape ch.

        I sour of tting room, t on t julep and reading, and o say hello.

        I told you t every adult in to included my mom. Even t    ten all over t against Jamie, because of    salked    for a    s and a tie.

        Back ties a lot, especially ion of auty. airs fully dressed, Jamie old my mom about the plan.

        "Its a ; Jamie said, beaming at me. "Landons really got a special ."

        My mom-after making sure sly-faced me ared at me like I was an alien.

        "So t; my mom asked. Like everyone else in town, s lie.

        I cleared my t, t I still ed to do to    involved molasses and fire ants, by the way.

        "Kind of," I said.

        "Amazing." It    out. S knoails, but s o a er to do sometuff like t, and I could see    me and trying to figure it out. to escape ive gaze, I ed to Jamie t ter be going. My mom got tbook and o me, still givi Id someten a as I o thers voice again.

        "e on over anytime, Jamie!" my mom sed. "Youre always wele ;

        Even motick it to you sometimes.

        I ill s in the car.

        "Your mot; Jamie said.

        I started t;Yea; I said, "I guess so."

        "And your iful."

        "U;

        "You s your blessings."

        "O; I said, "I do. Im practically t guy alive."

        Some catcie of my voice.

        e got to t about time it ting dark. e es early, and tor    ant call and    meet    aable. e ing on a bencside uro me. ed it for support, but t    .

        "You did really oday," s;it;

        "t; I said, feeling proud aed at exactly time. "I still    learned my beats, t; I offered. tice t going to suggest it.

        "You ;

        "I ;

        Jamie smiled, and after a moment s, sort of track. "Do you ever t ture, Landon?" she asked.

        I artled by ion because it sounded . . . so ordinary.

        "Yea; I ansiously.

        "ell,    to do ;

        I stle    kno. I    figured t part out. Im going to U fall, at least I o get accepted first."

        "You ; she said.

        ";

        "Because Ive prayed for t, too."

        , I t    t Jamie tossed yet anot me.

        " after college?    do you    to do t;

        "I dont kno; I said, s;Maybe Ill be a one-armed lumberjack."

        S t was funny.

        "I ter," s;I t ;

        t ely ridiculous,    kne came from t and se as a pliment.

        "t; I said. "I dont kno, but Im sure Ill find somet; It took a moment for me to realize t tion alled and t it urn to ask a question.

        " you?    do you    to do in ture?"

        Jamie turned a a far-off gaze in    s it vanis as quickly as it came.

        "I    to get married," sly. "And o    everyone I knoo be t ting ;

        "ts all?" t averse to t seemed kind of silly to    as your lifes goal.

        "Yes," s;ts all I ."

        t t s sried to make ter, even t still seemed silly to me.

        "ell, youll get married someday. Youll meet some guy and t off, and o marry    your fato ;

        I didion t about     even I couldnt imagine.

        Jamie t carefully about my ans, t know why.

        "I ; she said finally.

        I could tell s    to talk about it anymore, dont ask me o something new.

        "So o t; I asked versationally.

        "Seven years noen years old t time I came. I    of t;

        "Do you enjoy it, or does it make you sad?"

        "Botuations. Its enougo break your    . But    take all ts test feeling in t;

        Sically glo to make me feel guilty, t ly t. It     up    by tting fairly used to it. S you every    normal, Id e to learn.

        At t moment, Mr. Jenkins opeed us in. t like a al room, e tiled floors, al et against tal desk t looked like it amped off t    ically    of anyt a single picture or anything.

        Jamie introduced me, and I ser    do of talking. t rigered. After smoot , Jamie explained our plan. No almost as soon as sarted. But even t and kne was a good idea.

        "I dont ts a good idea," he said.

        ts    hinking.

        "?" Jamie asked, husiasm.

        Mr. Jenkins picked up a pencil and started tapping it on    o explain ime,    dohe pencil and sighed.

        "Even ts a o do somet a fatually es to realize er."    t sink in for a moment and picked up t;Cmas is    reminding t t if t . . ."

        even o finis o ;O; s a;youre rig t about t."

        o tell you trut it    Mr. Jenkins made sense.

        ted for a ead.

        "ell ree and a fes-somet all of t;Youre o visit Cmas Eve. . . ."

        After    saying anytell ss of differeions-s al, t    time I reized t in some    of us.

        "Im sorry it didnt ," I said softly.

        "I am, too."

        S fara before s on.

        "I just ed to do somet for t t for sure t. . . ." S;to    I just dont k."

        S for a long time, and I looked at    o feel bad about myself-I kne h her . . .

        " to stop in to see t; I asked into t o do t migter. "I could    out alk to to t."

        "ould you visit t; she asked suddenly.

        to be , I    sure I could , but I k automatically.

        "Sure, Ill go."

        "ts ime," she said.

        e o to a good-size room. Percelevision    ty metal folding c. tting in t, and you could tell t only t row hing.

        I glanced around. In table. ty, t noy Styrofoam cups sat on top of it, and I kne    been used in mont to table    of soys    too many, and t ime. Along th crayons.

        e stood in t a sed. e    been noticed yet, and I asked he neers were for.

        "t ; s;so t; S look at me as sead tentio to smile again.

        "Are toys t; I asked.

        S;Yes, except for tuffed animals. to keep t of t."

        I guess so it. to me, t imagine grohis.

        Jamie and I finally o turned around at teps.    eig teeth missing.

        "Jamie!" ed ur five to ter to be sent to live er parents, I later learned.

        "; Jamie said in response, ";

        it, Roger and some of to croo television no ts in t roroduced me to one of tone, I t    most of the kids in h school had.

        " a friend," s;But ;

        Over t ed    a lot of questions about    siced t s promise I h her.

        o t;t; I s;Im glad t you    to ;

        Jamie turo me and smiled. S muco add after t, but I could tell sill    Cmas.
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