Simone Elkeles Quote
Two weeks later I’m the last one in the locker room to change for gym. The click of heels makes me look up. It’s Carmen Sanchez. I don’t freak out. Instead, I stand and look right at her.He was back in Fairfield, you know, she tells me.I know, I say, remembering the hand warmers in my locker. But he left. Like a whisper, he was there and then disappeared.She looks almost nervous, vulnerable. You know those giant stuffed-animal prizes at the carnival? The kind practically nobody wins, except the lucky few? I’ve never won one.Yeah. I’ve never won one, either.Alex was my giant prize. I hated you for taking him away, she admits.I shrug. Yeah, well, stop hating me. I don’t have him, either.I don’t hate you anymore, she says. I’ve moved on.I swallow and then say, Me, too.Carmen chuckles. Then, just as she walks out of the room, I hear her mumble, Alex sure as hell hasn’t.What’s that supposed to mean?
Two weeks later I’m the last one in the locker room to change for gym. The click of heels makes me look up. It’s Carmen Sanchez. I don’t freak out. Instead, I stand and look right at her.He was back in Fairfield, you know, she tells me.I know, I say, remembering the hand warmers in my locker. But he left. Like a whisper, he was there and then disappeared.She looks almost nervous, vulnerable. You know those giant stuffed-animal prizes at the carnival? The kind practically nobody wins, except the lucky few? I’ve never won one.Yeah. I’ve never won one, either.Alex was my giant prize. I hated you for taking him away, she admits.I shrug. Yeah, well, stop hating me. I don’t have him, either.I don’t hate you anymore, she says. I’ve moved on.I swallow and then say, Me, too.Carmen chuckles. Then, just as she walks out of the room, I hear her mumble, Alex sure as hell hasn’t.What’s that supposed to mean?
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