Shadows of Silverlake

ion than the subject he actually teaches. His class is usually teeming with girls who are so enraptured by h

descendant of Cleopatra ‘, Elena said while twist

f choosing to reply with a barb or a well placed re

t impression, Selena ‘, he say

visibly swooning at the mention of her name , a

their time ‘, she said as if that would be reason enough. I mean, S

of assuming that their said beauty is a special trait of theirs that’s bound to flow down through their generations. A lot of other factors come into play here as well, b

t we weren’t even discussing Egyptian history or Cle

relating to the topic

dication of questions,

Selena giggling and sni

r if he has a girlfriend ‘

any of you, because that would be a crime we call pedophilia, but

h I know I won’t do because I’m kind of a rule follower to a degr

what are yo

been shaken up with the disappearan

’, I ask, completely t

o get drunk. She wanted to go to her boyfriend’s house, you know, do the whole public display of love, because they had just had a

take things seriously becaus

tion or searching?’, I asked, slightly surprised that

, Clyde said, readjusting his backpack strap. The cuffs of his sweater are slightly scuffed and frayed. I finally ta

eeling okay?’, I

otally great ‘, he

so I do the wrong thing. I don’t push fu

om. I guess should be happy that Ken’s making more friends , and I watch for a few moments as they chat and give each other bro hugs or whatever is it’s called, and I want to sneak away, because it feels so weird to be eavesdropping in on them, an

h Ken sitting across from me once again, it’s becomin

tting a hang of Silver

vigate the hallways without getting into at least two wrong classes, and I was able

prouder’, I say with

ny new frien

like my mom’, he s

wanna know who’s gonna be at

e lonely new kid really well, and I do not have any fr

mit that he has a friend, but I