"Mary Rosenblum - Color Vision" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rosenblum Mary)

тАЬHey, what color is that?тАЭ Jeremy asks. тАЬI bet itтАЩs dark purple.тАЭ

He always asks and it makes me smile. тАЬWrong,тАЭ I say. тАЬItтАЩs dark
brown, like chocolate.тАЭ

тАЬOkay, want to tell me whatтАЩs wrong?тАЭ HeтАЩs walking right next to me
now. тАЬWhatтАЩs with you and the new principal. Mr. Teleo-whatever?тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt know.тАЭ I shrug. тАЬSomething weird happened. I think it was the
color of his voice.тАЭ

тАЬWhat color was it?тАЭ
 тАЬSilver. But not. . . not like color usually is. When I hear words, I just
see blue or yellow or whatever. It doesnтАЩt really get in the way of anything
else IтАЩm looking at. You know what I mean?тАЭ

тАЬSo this did?тАЭ

тАЬYeah, it did.тАЭ IтАЩm watching him from the corner of my eye . . . waiting
for him to stop believing me. тАЬI felt it... and it kind of hurt. And it made me
sick.тАЭ Never mind Mr. Beasley and the dish.

тАЬSo how come?тАЭ And heтАЩs frowning, but not like he doesnтАЩt believe
me.

What have I got to lose? WeтАЩre gonna hit the road as soon as I tell my
dad, so if Jeremy thinks IтАЩm crazy, who cares?

Well, I care, I guess.

So I donтАЩt say anything and just walk faster so he has to catch up.

тАЬYou mean you walk this far every day?тАЭ HeтАЩs panting now. тАЬGeez
thatтАЩs bad. Why wonтАЩt the bus come pick you up?тАЭ

The bus would, but buses are worse than class: I found that out a
long time ago. тАЬI donтАЩt mind walking.тАЭ I cut through the woods before we get
close to the house. Dad might be home and heтАЩll know in a second that
somethingтАЩs wrong. IтАЩve never lied to my dad, so I just head for the path I
made back when I first found Cris.

тАЬWhere are we going?тАЭ Jeremy looks around. тАЬWant to come over to
my house? This is MomтАЩs day at the high school and she wonтАЩt be home
un-til five. We can go play that new Xbox game I got. Before Mom tries it
out and takes it away from me. ItтАЩs real cool so it has to be psychologically
damaging.тАЭ

тАЬWeтАЩre almost there,тАЭ I say. I guess I really do want him to meet Cris.
тАЬI ... IтАЩve got this friend. I need to talk to him is all.тАЭ