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Diving Under
All I've ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone。 For her to back off — you know； just
give me some space。
It all started the summer before second grade when our moving van pulled into her
neighborhood。 And since we're now about done with the
eighth grade； that； my friend； makes more than half a decade of strategic avoidance and
social disfort。
She didn't just barge into my life。 She barged and shoved and wedged her way into my life。
Did we invite her to get into our moving van and start
climbing all over boxes？ No！ But that's exactly what she did； taking over and showing off like
only Juli Baker can。
My dad tried to stop her。 “Hey！” he says as she's catapulting herself on board。 “What are you
doing？ You're getting mud everywhere！” So true；
too。 Her shoes were； like； caked with the stuff。
She didn't hop out； though。 Instead； she planted her rear end on the floor and started
pushing a big box with her feet。 “Don't you want some help？”
She glanced my way。 “It sure looks like you need it。”
I didn't like the implication。 And even though my dad had been tossing me the same sort of
look all week； I could tell — he didn't like this girl
either。 “Hey！ Don't do that；” he warned her。 “There are some really valuable things in that
box。”
“Oh。 Well； how about this one？” She scoots over to a box labeled LENOX and looks my way
again。 “We should push it together！”
“No； no； no！” my dad says； then pulls her up by the arm。 “Why don't you run along home？
Your mother's probably wondering where you are。”
This was the beginning of my soon…to…bee…acute awareness that the g
