when i find leanders room
again the vibe is totally
different and theres a lot less
girls and the music seems
strange
and jackies talking to the
redhead with the big tits and
they are kind of giving me
the stink eye now
but richie and leander are
back and richies in this like
recliner totally smug grinning
at me
and i totally dont want to deal
with his bullshit so instead i
walk over to the window
where leanders smoking a
blunt
and blowing it outside and i
just sit down next to her and
go -i guess i kind of blew it
with jackie-
and shes holding in her hit
and goes -you boys watch
too much porn- and then she
blows it out and in her
normal voice goes
-you couldve totally got some
tonight too if you hadnt gone
about it so like clumsily-
and shakes her head
and i feel like an asshole but
she just goes -whatever- and
hands me a pbr -do you want
some of this- with the blunt
and i open the pbr and go
-sure- and i puff it real
careful so i dont get it spitty
or take too much and cough
so i blow my hit out and hand
it back and sip on my pbr she
blows on the cherry takes
another hit
and i ask her -what kind of
name is leander- just trying
to make conversation but it
comes out wrong
she doesnt seem to care
though -my name is actually
oleander like the flower-
and i ask -why do they call
you leander then-
-no one calls me that just
richie- and i go -thats
hilarious no one else calls
me dee dee either- and she
smiles her sleepy smile
-he told me he couldnt handle
the shock every time he said
my name- and i look at her
like not understanding at all
and she bolts upright eyes all
big in mock surprise -OH
leander- and i get it and
laugh and she laughs with me
and everything starts feeling
okay again and she hands the
blunt back to me and i take a
bigger hit and cough it out a
little
but its not a big deal and she
laughs again and i ask her
-how long have you and
richie been together-
she runs her hand through her
hair and goes -were not
really together really-
pauses a second -hes in love
with someone else-
and the weed is kicking in
now and i go -yeah hes in
love with himself- and she
looks at me for a second
then bursts into this huge
laugh and i look at richie and
hes totally confused and then
back at leander and she goes
-yr okay dee dee- and smiles
her smile and i go -yr okay
too leander- and she takes
the last hit and stubs it out
and the music changes again
and now its all piano and this
snaky guitar but its kind of
romantic too like slow and
sinuous
and leander sits up -dance
with me- and im all -i cant
dance- and she says -its
slow anyone can slow dance-
she nods at richie
-he wont do it- so i go
-okay- and we get up and she
puts my hands on her hips
and shows me how and it
seems really quiet
like everyone else stopped
talking but im really high so i
dont care and we dance and
the singer is doing these aah
aah ah ah ahhhs
and it feels great and i look
over at richie and hes smiling
but like surprised at the
same time but thats cool too
leander moves me in time to
it and theres more aah aah ah
ah ahhhs and we lock in
pretty much
she puts her head on my
shoulder and her hair smells
good but a different kind of
good slighter somehow
more subtle
and then the song ends and
richie is suddenly next to us
and goes -dee dee and lee lee
sittin in a tree tree-
and she lifts her head and he
kisses her hair then says to
me all serious
-we had better go-
