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
...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.
than dress shopping?
I'm serious.
...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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