The sky was espically clear for the suburbs that night. It seemed to the small girl on the trampoline that the world recently gotten bigger,
and it would inevitablely continue to grow in size. She could see almost every star and she tried to find some constillations, but she couldn't. She was a suburban girl. she doubted she would ever know constillations. "Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight." the rhyme was repetitive and annoying to the girl but as she pulled her curly, dark hair into a ponytail and closed her eyes to wish, she realized she really wanted her wish to work. She heard footsteps and someone taking their shoes off and the trampoline made a soft groaning noise as the boy with similarly curly, dark hair lay next to her. It was silent for a while as they watched the sky. "I'm sorry." the boy said half turning his head to try and face the smaller girl but she wouldn't look at him. "What do you have to apologize for? I'm the one who..." her voice faded away to the night as she couldn't figure out what she meant to say when she started talking.
"I know it's gonna be hard for you." "What will?" The girl asked trying to be clueless. The boy smiled to himself. "Being like this...you know. Gay."
the girl paused, thinking, for a moment. "Am i stupid?" "No. Why would you ask that? You know you're not stupid." the boy replied a little harsher than he meant to, but the girl didn't seem to mind. "Because people at school think I am. They're sure I am. Because I read on a lower level than them."
He turned to look at her. "Oh, that's boloney!" he said and as he said the word she giggled. "You're the most inteligent person I know. But you're intelligence isn't something that can be measured. It's in how you view the world and the people around you. And how you change the world and people around you." She grinned at the stars, happy to hear that she wasn't stupid. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry you think you should be sorry for who you are 'cuz you shouldn't be. you're an amazing person and I wouldn't give you up for anything. And I'd never, ever want you to change." she said as if to the stars.
They were more welcoming to her at that moment than the curly haired boy next to her. "I'm sorry you'll never get the sister you wanted." he responded sadly she sat up and looked at him sadly with wisdom beyond her years. "That doesn't matter. I don't have any right to ask that of you. What matters is that you truly are who you want to be, and that you stay that way. You're still the same person whether you want to marry me a sister or not...I'm sorry about what I said in there. I had no right to question this decision. It's your choice...not mine." she finished grimly as if not quite at peace with herself yet. The boy sat up to join her and gave her a hug she returned. "I'm always her for you. No matter who i am or who you are." and they lay back to stare at the stars in peace.
and it would inevitablely continue to grow in size. She could see almost every star and she tried to find some constillations, but she couldn't. She was a suburban girl. she doubted she would ever know constillations. "Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight." the rhyme was repetitive and annoying to the girl but as she pulled her curly, dark hair into a ponytail and closed her eyes to wish, she realized she really wanted her wish to work. She heard footsteps and someone taking their shoes off and the trampoline made a soft groaning noise as the boy with similarly curly, dark hair lay next to her. It was silent for a while as they watched the sky. "I'm sorry." the boy said half turning his head to try and face the smaller girl but she wouldn't look at him. "What do you have to apologize for? I'm the one who..." her voice faded away to the night as she couldn't figure out what she meant to say when she started talking.
"I know it's gonna be hard for you." "What will?" The girl asked trying to be clueless. The boy smiled to himself. "Being like this...you know. Gay."
the girl paused, thinking, for a moment. "Am i stupid?" "No. Why would you ask that? You know you're not stupid." the boy replied a little harsher than he meant to, but the girl didn't seem to mind. "Because people at school think I am. They're sure I am. Because I read on a lower level than them."
He turned to look at her. "Oh, that's boloney!" he said and as he said the word she giggled. "You're the most inteligent person I know. But you're intelligence isn't something that can be measured. It's in how you view the world and the people around you. And how you change the world and people around you." She grinned at the stars, happy to hear that she wasn't stupid. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry you think you should be sorry for who you are 'cuz you shouldn't be. you're an amazing person and I wouldn't give you up for anything. And I'd never, ever want you to change." she said as if to the stars.
They were more welcoming to her at that moment than the curly haired boy next to her. "I'm sorry you'll never get the sister you wanted." he responded sadly she sat up and looked at him sadly with wisdom beyond her years. "That doesn't matter. I don't have any right to ask that of you. What matters is that you truly are who you want to be, and that you stay that way. You're still the same person whether you want to marry me a sister or not...I'm sorry about what I said in there. I had no right to question this decision. It's your choice...not mine." she finished grimly as if not quite at peace with herself yet. The boy sat up to join her and gave her a hug she returned. "I'm always her for you. No matter who i am or who you are." and they lay back to stare at the stars in peace.