Science Class In science class Mr. Ross was standing in the middle of the room, greeting each student as they entered. There was a bright floppy daffodil planted behind one of his rather sticky-out ears. Brigit was particularly struck by this, because in her dream that morning her brother had had a daffodil behind his ear, too. In the dream, he was old enough to walk and he was holding her hand and trying to get her to climb a hill with him. Brigit wondered where Mr. Ross had gotten the flower. He must have bought it at a fruit and veggie market or someplace like that. She hadn’t seen any actual daffodils growing anywhere around here yet. She was sitting at the high lab table which she always shared with Feenix and Edward and Danton now that they had all become friends. So far, no sign of Feenix, which wasn’t unusual, but Edward and Danton were here. She glanced at them from time to time. She liked what a contrast they made next to each other— Edward so pale-faced, definitely someone who didn’t get outside much, a little soft around the middle with his uncombed hair and that look he often had of having left his body and wandered off to some entirely different dimension where he was concentrating on some fascinating scientific idea. And then Danton so brown and glowing and completely here, watching everything and poking up into the air conspicuously like a giraffe. He was already well over six feet, with long skinny legs and knobby knees and huge feet. When he caught her looking at him, she looked away quickly. Brigit hoped that Feenix wasn’t late because she’d gotten stopped by Ms. Trevino again. Then, just as the second bell rang, Feenix made her entrance and Brigit breathed a sigh of relief.
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