Crank (Crank 1)

Brendan:

Give me a call. I want

to see you again. This time

I’ll bring the refreshments.

“Refreshments?”

I’d perched on my

pedestal for a whole week.

How fast could I make it down?

As I Considered My Answer

I noticed Adam’s letter, sitting on the counter.

Dear Kristina,

How’s school? I hope I can make it through this year.

It’s really tough, what with worrying about Mom,

Ralph (can you believe she’d like a guy named Ralph?),

and Lince. She’s talking better now, and can get

herself to the bathroom. I guess that’s good.

I saw your dad the other day. It was kind of strange

because he never even mentioned you. Of course, he

was with a new woman. (Not bad, considering she’s

with your dad. Ha, ha.) Maybe he doesn’t want her

to think he’s old enough to have a daughter your age.

Are you going out with anyone special? Half of me

hopes so. The other half wants you to always be

mine. There’s a pretty cute girl at school, Giselle, giving

me the eye. She looks a little like you, in fact.

I think I might ask her out.

Maybe you didn’t want to hear that But you’re my

very best friend, the only one in the whole world

I could tell that to. I want to hear everything

about you, too. Kind of weird, huh?