Angels
By Greg Letellier
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At the bell, Nick and Marvin are walking unwillingly into the gymnasium. Colorful chairs are set up in neat rows. Most of the seats are already taken.
“Let’s squeeze in over there,” Nick says, pointing to an almost empty row.
Nick and Marvin met on the first day of high school. They met in an English class on the American canon. Nick really likes Salinger, but he prefers English writers. Nick writes, too. He writes long historical fictions about wars in other countries. Marvin doesn’t like to read or write, but is intrigued by Nick’s stories.
They squeeze into the row, trying to slide past people’s knees.
Then something happens.
An older boy grabs Marvin’s ass. He clenches on his ass cheek so tight that Marvin yelps.…
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