The Perfect Man Page #8

No, she's out

getting packing boxes.

Why?

We're moving.

Arizona. Red Rocks.

You want her to call?

No.

Thank you.

Could you give this to her?

Sure.

And tell her she only saw

one side of the drawing.

I was inspired.

I miss you.

Why did you bug out

on me?

Newsflash.

Everyone's scared.

That's no reason

to run away.

It's what my mom does.

And you want to end up

like your mom?

Some role model.

I heard once that...

love is friendship on fire.

That's how I feel

about you.

Do you really have

to go?

Holly, guess what?

I get to be in a spelling bee.

C-O-O-L.

What are you doing?

Unpacking.

Yeah, but why?

I thought that we all agreed

that it was time

for a new adventure.

This is our new adventure.

Staying is our new adventure.

What?

Why can't you ever do

anything that I want?

I want to be alone.

Nobody wants to be alone.

I do.

Okay, I'm through

with these people

and I want new ones.

Unfortunately, honey pie,

new people are

only new for a day.

After that,

they're just people.

Who will excite you,

disappoint you...

scare you a little bit.

And, boy, I know how tempting

it is to run away

when that happens.

It's good for avoiding things.

But the problem is

you end up...

avoiding yourself.

Avoiding people you love.

You end up avoiding life.

So, I've decided

to start setting an example

for you girls.

I'm going to try

showing you what

sticking it out looks like.

Really get to know people.

And let people

get to know us.

I don't promise

to be any good at it,

but I will try.

Because I want you and Zoe

to be better at this

than I am.

I want you to learn

how to let people in.

He's a sweet boy. I think

it would be worth it.

Turn it over.

Everything always has

two sides.

You want a bigger ring?

Combustible.

C-O-M-B...

U-S-T...

I-B-L-E.

Combustible.

That is correct.

J!

E!

T!

S!

Jets! Jets! Jets!

Looks like

we're going to

the World Series.

Ladies and gentlemen,

five minutes.

Five minutes.

We'll be commencing

in five minutes.

First place goes

to Number 73,

Jean Hamilton.

You did it, Mommy!

Where? The second one?

Yeah, that's Mom.

Hi, may I help you?

Yeah, I heard that

you can find...

the best fudge brownies

in the world here.

We try.

I'll take this.

Ben.

Hi.

On the house.

No, I have to pay you

somehow.

How about dinner?

I don't even know you.

Well, I don't know

about that.

Thank you.

That is very sweet.

But I don't think so.

Are you dating someone?

Actually, no.

For the first time

in my life, I'm not.

And, and I think

I should stay this way...

until I get my feet

back on the ground.

I see. Yeah.

It's nothing personal.

No, of course not.

You know, I should

probably take

a dating moratorium, too.

I recommend it.

Yeah, clean-out-the-closet

sort of thing.

It's a good idea.

You know,

get my head together and...

Exactly.

So, pick you up Saturday

at 8:
00?

Perfect.

It looks like Mom was right.

Staying turned out to be...

the greatest adventure of all.

And let me tell you,

it has made me do

some crazy things.

Like plan ahead

and paint my room

and hang pictures on the wall.

I mean, I used a nail

and everything.

Hi, come on in.

Sorry I'm late.

There was this

Krispy Kreme truck that

overturned on Eighth Avenue.

Thank you.

Here, let me deal

with that.

It goes...

Relax. What is this?

Like, your first dance

or something?

Can you believe it?

The Teenage Gypsy

has finally settled down.

Now I don't just

have a homepage.

I have a home.

SkyFury

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