Chapter 9

“I hope you like the ones I chose,” Tommy says nervously, and Mike thinks that’s cute. Tommy’s so skilled, but very humble.

Mike looks through the drawings, and it’s hard to pick the ones he likes the best because they’re all amazing. But after a little while, he picks the ones he thinks will be best for the show. He takes them out and puts them in another folder so they can be taken to be put into frames.

“You’re done? We can go somewhere?” Tommy asks, looking relieved.

“Yeah, where do you want to go?” Mike asks.

“There’s a park near here. We could go hang out, walk around, maybe get some lunch later. I’m nervous enough with the whole first date thing. I don’t really want to add having to drive into that.”