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way she ignored me； or so
obviously avoided me； was a screaming loud reminder to me
that I'd been a jerk。 A royal cluck…faced jerk。
Then one day I'm ing home from hanging out with Garrett after school； and there's Juli in
her front yard； hacking at a shrub。 She is thrashing
on the thing。 Branches are flying over her shoulder； and clear across the street I can hear her
grunting and growling and saying stuff like； “No…
you… don't！ You are ing… off… whether you like it or …not！”
Did I feel good about this？ No； my friend； I did not。 Yeah； their yard was a mess； and it was
about time someone did something about it； but
c'mon — where's the dad？ What about Matt and Mike？ Why Juli？
Because I'd embarrassed her into it； that's why。 I felt worse than ever。
So I snuck inside and tried to ignore the fact that here's my desk and here's my window； and
right across the street from me is Juli； beating up a
bush。 Not conducive to concentration。 No siree； Bob。 I got all of zero homework done。
The next day at school I was trying to get up the nerve to say something to her； but I never
even got the chance。 She wouldn't let me get anywhere
near her。
Then on the ride home I had this thought。 It kind of freaked me out at first； but the more I
played with it； the more I figured that； yeah； helping her
with the yard would make up for my having been such a jerk。 Assuming she didn't boss me
too much； and assuming she didn't decide to get all
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gooey…eyed or something stupid like that。 No； I'd go up and just tell her that I felt bad for
being a jerk and I wanted to make it up to her by helping her
cut back some b
