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Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) He grinned, his gaze skimming down my body. “Maybe nothing. You gonna share that bottle, Miss Priss?” Devon was a good-looking kid, blond hair, dark brown eyes, and the star player on our basketball team. And he’d never so much as glanced in my direction…

Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) “I don’t think so.” Karl’s eyes narrowed and danger radiated from him like a miasma. Smelling blood, the other kids surrounded us like sharks in a feeding frenzy. Casey and Cody appeared from the crowd and took up positions on either side of Devon and…

Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) “So did I,” he mumbled. “But I’d have sworn you’d never do anything like you did tonight, so maybe I don’t.” “That was your fault.” I glared at him. “I only went because I was mad at you.” “You’ve got a weird way of looking…

Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) I shuddered and she laughed. “That bad?” “Worse. I wasn’t that sick when I had my tonsils taken out. I’ll never touch liquor again.” Several boys arrived then, Hugh Morgan among them, and we dropped the subject. Hugh didn’t pull my hair anymore, or egg…

Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) “Come on. Let’s head for the cellar.” He put his hand on my back and herded me toward our concrete hole in the ground. “But what if they don’t make it home in time?” “There’s nothing we can do about it, and they would want…

Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) “Are you going to take me to the Star-Vu to see a movie when you do?” The Star-Vu was our local drive-in. On the weekends it was taken over by teenagers, being one of the few places in town to take a date. “Sure thing,…

Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) Mama lowered herself weakly into the chair across from me. “I think you better tell me the whole thing. From the beginning.” I have an excellent memory. I repeated the conversation verbatim. Mama took it pretty good, except for the parts about Liz Swanner, then…

Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) Maybe he wasn’t mad, but I had upset him. His eyes had gone from gray to molten and his body was tensed. “The only reason I asked was because I figured she could use the money.” He didn’t answer. “I’m sorry.” A sigh lifted his…

Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) When Miss Sams moved away to work on Mooney, I gazed up at Karl with my one good eye, tears streaming down and filling my ear. If there were tears coming from my other eye, the bag of ice currently resting on it froze them….

Filed to story: Love on the Sidelines (Natalie & Karl) “A church picnic is one thing, but your folks aren’t going to want me hanging around your house.” “I told you, Mama said you’re welcome anytime you want to come.” “She was being polite.” “Mama is always polite, but she wouldn’t have said it if…