Quiz Queens

Quiz Queens — page 3
K L Denman We’re doing what we usually do after school hanging out in her room She has spent the last twenty minutes talking about the utter cuteness of Omar Bari’s eyes She thinks they are so deep Then she compares them to the amazing wonder of Liam Parks’s biceps Liam does have freakishly large biceps I’ve told Kiara I don’t have time to waste on guys They only cause trouble But does she listen No She is not a listener she’s a talker Her parents regularly threaten her with duct tape They’ve never actually taped her mouth shut but they keep rolls of tape on hand My method to shut her up is to shut myself down I stop making eye contact I don’t give her the smallest Uh-huh It usually works Like now she finally (cid:192)(cid:82)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:69)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:44)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:3) at her desk push my glasses into place they’re always sliding down my nose 2