Shorter Stories from The Avocado Grove - Part II Why My Boyfriend Does Wheelies on His Motorbike at Midnight

"This must be some other girl's life."

"These tofu nuggets are just like KFC," Dillon said. 

 

Dillon and I sat on well-polished, slightly creaking walnut chairs and sipped soda from delicate glasses.  I told him about Denman high, my neighborhood back home, and my dream to be a power hitter. 

But I mostly picked at the food.   I eat real chicken, baked, boiled, or fried like the kind my mom makes (it's better than KFC).  I didn't tell him that.  And when dessert arrived, thick peanut butter cookies, he said they were vegan too, and I nibbled at them.

"You up for some hiking?" Dillon asked.  And because everything else (but the food) had been so good, and he told me he was looking forward to watching me play, I said, "Yes."