He gave being a phony Nice Guy another try, though. "You guysstill practicing or what?" Yeah, we're doing that song from 'Rushmore.' That Rolling St...ones song." 'I Am Waiting?'" I guess. The one about 'We have a remedy' and 'You are forgiven.'"Now he went into full-on music professor mode. "That song isn't by theRolling Stones. It's the Who. 'A Quick One.'" It's not that quick. It's pretty long." The song's name, kid."I felt a little jolt of adrenaline when he called me that. Kid. But. He finished making his tea and took a sip as he sat on the bed. "So, what is it, Jennie."She took a breath and dove right in. "I'm sorry about the things I said before. I had no right to expect that of you."He took another sip. "Well, I'm sorry I got so angry about it. I need to learn to not be so defensive."Now that the conversation was started, they both seemed to relax a little bit. Jennie continued, "I guess you had a right to be angry. I mean, it's not like you misled me or anything.. We headed towards the main road and I watched the various sights as we went deeper into the city. Janet had opted to drive the wagon as she knew our destination and it would allow me to absorb what was around me better. We passed through the first checkpoint with barely a glance from the guards. The people were hesitant when the wagon approached, and I could see suspicious looks as we passed by. I put it out of my mind as we approached the inner walls.As we approached this next checkpoint, one. "But get this", Joe continued, "They thought the boys were Warren andKenny." Like, you mean the coach or someone was putting the pictures online?" Yeah. Or maybe selling copies them to someone else. And the other thingthat I've noticed is that coach chases everybody out of the gym and locksit up right after school every Monday afternoon." Maybe he's tired", I said."It gets better", Joe continued. "You know how we'll usually see Kennyand Warren walking home after school - but never on Monday!".
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