Little Manhattan Page #2

Let me tell you something

about Rosemary Telesco.

Rosemary wasn't the prettiest

girl in our class.

That was Madison Shaw.

And she wasn't the second

prettiest, either.

That was Vanessa Muir.

No, Rosemary was third.

But boy, could that

girl do karate.

Ki-yah!

Ki-yah!

Keep it tight.

Don't get the wrong idea.

We weren't really friends.

We were just karate friends.

Back at school, nothing

changed, of course.

As far as the rest of the world...

...was concerned, the real world...

...that Iron Curtain was

still solid.

But, when we put

on those white robes...

...we could see past

our many differences...

...and fight like equals.

Ki-yah!

There was just

one tiny problem.

I pretty much sucked at karate.

Ki-yah!

We all congratulate

Rosemary Telesco...

...on being the first

in the class...

...to earn her yellow belt.

Thank you very much.

Talk about an assault

to everything...

I knew about the world.

Girls mature faster than boys.

That's completely made up.

Boys are so much

more mature than girls.

This isn't a matter

of opinion, Gabe.

There were studies.

Girls speak first,

they walk first.

I see it in my little

sister's class.

The boys her age

all seem retarded.

There's absolutely no reason

I shouldn't be able...

...to get my yellow belt

in just a week.

You don't take

it seriously.

I take it seriously.

You're not focused.

You think you're

this natural.

You don't practice.

I practice.

When?

All the time.

You should practice

with me.

You'd get better.

Fine. Let's practice.

Name the time.

I don't care.

This afternoon.

- Fine.

- Great.

Oh, I forgot.

I have this one errand.

I'm supposed to be

this flower girl...

...in a couple of weeks.

And I have this fitting.

But, it's going to be,

like, five minutes.

I promise.

Classic female move.

The bait-and-switch.

My mother's tricked me...

...into many a shoe store

with that one.

Is there anything worse

than dress shopping?

I'm serious.

I would rather have

my toenails peeled off...

...one by one, with pliers...

...than spend five minutes

in a dress store.

Boo.

Okay, what's going on here?

What the heck is this?

Oh, my God.

What's this feeling

in the pit of my stomach?

Who is this... This...

...amazing creature before me?

What do you think?

You are going to be the

prettiest flower girl there.

I'm definitely going

to be the oldest one.

Who...

Um, who's getting married?

My mom's sister.

Oh, cool.

It's kind of weird...

'cause she's, like,

seven months pregnant.

In that one moment...

Rosemary Telesco leaped

past Vanessa Muir...

...past Madison Shaw.

I look at Rosemary

and just felt so, um, confused.

She's a girl.

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