"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 20 - The Discovery" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)

"A beautiful name for a beautiful girl," I said.

"What is? Marco?"

"No, T'Shondra."

"What?"

"T'Shondra. I was just saying I thought it would be a beautiful name for
a beautiful girl."

"Oh, really!" she said, giving me serious fish-eye. "It would be, huh?
For a beautiful girl. But

2 not for me, huh? Is that what you're saying? You just came all the way
over here, acting all cool, to tell me I should give my name to some
beautiful girl because I'm too much of a pig to have the name?"

At this point I could have explained. But I had this bad feeling that
the moment was past. You know? Like nothing I could possibly say was
going to make this work.

"How about if we just say this conversation never happened?" I
suggested. "How about if I just turn and walk away?"

"That would be a good idea."

Now, where was I? Oh yeah, my name is Marco. And I can't tell you my
last name or where I live. Why not? Because I'm hoping to live long
enough to figure out females, that's why. I mean, is it just me, or are
they way too sensitive?

The other day I'm talking to this girl named Danielle. And she happens
to work out a lot, so she is very strong. But in a good way. In a good
way, I emphasize. So I say to her, "Whoa, Danielle, you're looking way
buff. Look at those shoulders of yours. You could practically be a boy."

What does she do? Does she say, "Thanks, Marco, for paying me a
compliment"? No. She calls over this guy she likes, this guy named
Justin Mullins, and says, "Marco just said I look like a boy!"

3 Well. The end result was me running down the hall yelling, "I meant it
in a nice way! Stop chasing me. It was a compliment!"

But that's beside the point. I've been chased by worse than Justin
Mullins. I've been chased by Hork-Bajir warriors. I've been chased by
Taxxons. I've been chased by Visser Three himself.

Here's the thing you need to understand: Life isn't what you think it