When Peyton arrived at my house the following evening, Mom answered the door before I could. Walking down the hall, I heard her cheerfully greet him. "Have you eaten yet?" she asked. "We finished dinner not long ago, and there's plenty left over." "That's...
Peyton and I spent most of the ride back to my house in comfortable silence. We'd rolled the windows down, and the air held a sweet fragrance. Relaxing in the passenger seat, I occasionally sneaked a glance at him. He caught me once, but before I could lo...
"And this," Peyton said to me, "is the Ring Nebula. Have a look, Gloria." I moved closer to peer through the eyepiece of his eight-inch Dobsonian telescope. "Oh, wow, I see it! It looks just like a smoke ring!" I could hear the smile in Peyton's voice as...
“Oh my god! Look at that freak!” Gavin had spotted our neighbor, Leigh, who was out in her backyard with her telescope thingy. Leigh’s sister, Millie, had been in our year at school before the car crash. Drunk driver. She wasn’t in any year after that. “G...
“The clouds have conspired to shed light upon us. Sirius is following the hunter to us. I think the neighbor is watching us.” We sit on the blanket on the beach of the small island just off the point at her parents' cabin. She is sitting between my legs,...
