Stupid Fast

riding his skateboard at the park

attending meetings at the Game Players Club

running for hours at the Mound

volunteering at the homeless shelter

it is part of her depression

she is an ex-flower girl hippie

she is his step-mother, not birth mother

her name is Geraldine

toppled during the paper route

tried to tell each other the same joke at the same time

realized they had the wrong day for the solar eclipse

were drenched by Mr. Lee's automatic lawn sprinkler

go away to a mental health facility in Arizona

join a church mission trip to El Salvador

apply for a government small-business loan

finish her genealogy research in France

try his hand at auto racing

open an Italian restaurant

become a standup comic

study forensic pathology

one of the doctors always asked to take him on a tour

one of the head nurses always tried to draw his blood

one of the younger ladies always screamed at him

one of the orderlies always talk to him about gum

dunked a basketball

turned flips on a trampoline

juggled a soccer ball

set a new high jump record

changing the wheels on her skateboard

playing the piano in her white nightie

putting frosting on a chocolate cupcake

sorting playing cards for euchre night

selling off Jerri's sketches

using Jerri's cake recipes

taking Jerri to the dentist

looking for Jerri's diary

going together to testify before the county court judge

submitting all his art sketches as a single portfolio

naming the college scholarship after Mr. Lee

playing happy birthday for him on the piano