It was unbelievable. She was standing there, staring at him like he was a real rock star.

Lying on the ceiling. Refusing to go to school. Not opening up to me. Climbing water towers. "No, she's all right.

The guy thought he was Mick Jagger. I felt bad for him.

Hey, Ethan."
"Yeah?"
"Remember the Twinkie on the bus? The one I gave you in second grade, the day we met?"
"The one you found on the floor and gave me without telling me? Nice."
He grinned and shot the ball. "It never really fell on the floor. I made that part up.

I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.