The Dreamer and The Realist

"Not Everyday" Part 1.9

It's awkward. Why did Gramps invite her? I didn't know Mrs. Qiang had a granddaughter.

The atmosphere was dense. Clementine could barely eat anything with him staring daggers at her. The dinner was one of the best homemade meals Clem had eaten in a long time. She was curious about the boy sitting across the table from her. She knew he was looking at her with utter concentration but once she looked up his eyes went back to his food.

After that day there were many more to come, they were the only kids around. Clementine knew he was going to have to say something to her sooner or later.

*silence of crickets*

One week passed, and he said nothing to her.

Clementine would go up to him as he quietly read a book under a shade, "Good morning"

"..."

"Ummm, ok then"

"Bye"

Dinner.

"Hi Joon!"

He would look up but say nothing back.

"Ok..."

Backyard help.

"Hello Mr. Bakes"

"Hello dear, Joon is over there why don't you say hi"

Clem would look at him with a questionable expression

"Ok..."

She ran over, his look over his shoulder was a disgusting shock.

"Hello Joon" she got bored of smiling and made a creepy face to see his reaction

It was the first time he had said something to her in over three weeks.

"Your creepy" he pointed to Clem's face

Clem, in shock, knocked him down to the ground, cornering him, and said, "You can SPEAK!"

He looked at her weird like she was mentally ill, "your stupid"

I tried to hold it in but the face she made was like a monster from five-year-old drawings.

"Yes I thought you were since you didn't talk" Clem looked down at him and smiled sarcastically

His mouth dropped but didn't say anything and just pushed her off of him and ran away.

"I guess he's sensitive" she shrugged and then went on to tell Mr. Bakes that Joon had talked to her.

Clem mumbled to herself after reaching the porch, "that was fun, I kind of want to do that again"

Joon sat against a porch chair and thought about something.

I knew it from the beginning, she's weird.

Clem's grandmother's house only a bit far away but still able to see was Clem slowly waving at Joon with a smile then immediately pretending to drop dead then got up and stuck her tongue out to him.

His face loomed in horror as he watched her walk back into her house.

This is going to be a long summer.

They were at the bookstore after a traumatizing ride to get there.

"Not it!" Henry and Jen shouted before Clem could realize what they were talking about

So she sat in shotgun for the whole ride, but what they thought was a disadvantage was only the front seat to her entertainment.

There were a few bumps in the road as usual but the thing is, Damon's car was pretty small for four people so every bump was like a high five to the roof in the back seats.

*Bump

"Get your hand off my face Henry" Jen holding onto the beams of the two leather seats

"I will as soon as you move your leg off of my side!" Henry facing the other direction of the seats tried to shuffle back to face front

*hard right

Henry, not having a supported balance to hold onto, slid toward Jen's side, pressing his face onto Jen's chest.

Clementine, having a full view in the mirror, burst out laughing.

"Clem please stop laughing" Henry scooted back in embarrassment

Even Damon was trying hard not to laugh.

"Yes Clem, please stop, he just wanted to have a good look at my boobs" Jen smirked at Henry who glared at him.

Damon couldn't stop himself and joined Clem and Jen as they were laughing.

Clem sighed in pure enjoyment, "I'm sorry Henry, it wasn't funny, apologize right now Jen"

Henry looked at Jen.

"Oh I'm sorry did you want to look at them again"

Clem burst out laughing in tears.

"Oh that's it" Henry was ready to knock Jen out when they had arrived.

It was hard to calm them down as the whole parking lot could hear them, but Damon was getting impatient

"Just shake on it so we can get inside"

They didn't look persuaded.

Clem also was getting impatient as the bookstore closes in thirty minutes, "Yes please just shake on it, I want to get in before they close"

Jen and Henry looked at each other and shook on it with dissatisfaction but they followed behind Damon and Clem anyways.