As she walked back upstairs, Leo rolled his eyes at me. "See? Total dictator."
I didn't know what to say. I just mumbled, "He's easy to be friends with."
And that made him a good friend. Not just to Leo. But to the truth. My frnd hot mom
She sat on the armchair across from me, tucking one leg under her. The rain hammered against the small basement window. The room felt smaller, quieter.
The Summer of Seeing Clearly
Leo threw a pillow at my head. "Don't let it go to your head, nerd."
Leo and I were in the basement, playing a video game where we blew up aliens. Upstairs, Mrs. Delgado was on a Zoom call for her landscape architecture job. Her voice drifted down, calm and professional. As she walked back upstairs, Leo rolled his eyes at me
"Your mom says I'm a gift," I said, deadpan.