Little Manhattan Page #3

I'm supposed to despise girls...

...not feel nervous

talking to one.

Not be all tongue-tied.

I mean, this was

Rosemary Telesco.

I knew her since kindergarten.

Whoa!

Just... Just

a little rock.

I mean, it's gonna

to be fine.

I'm just gonna...

grab my scooter...

I'm really cool.

Honestly.

As she took me to practice

karate at her place...

...one thing became clear.

Rosemary went to PS 87...

...because her parents believed

in public education.

See, believing

in public education...

...wasn't really a luxury

my family could afford.

Don't go to Taos...

not without me.

Mr. and Mrs. Telesco,

her parents.

They, liked, starred

in this soap opera, Santa Fe...

...that's on, like, every day.

So you know

they had a few bucks.

Oh, look at that.

You see that?

I knew your folks were going

to keep 'em together.

Didn't I say it?

Let's go practice

in my bedroom.

Okay.

What do you think I'm going to say?

Oh, come on.

He is no good for you!

Get back in the truck!

If karate's all about focus...

Good one.

...my focus was all over

that pink room.

I mean, there I was...

Ki-yah!

...in the inner sanctum,

alone with her.

Ki-yah!

Smelling her smell.

What is that, strawberry?

So what made you

take karate?

Uh, made me?

Daryl Kitzens.

Daryl Kitzens made

you take karate?

Yeah, have you seen the guy?

He's insane.

Daryl Kitzens is

without a doubt...

...the scariest kid

in the Upper West Side.

- Ugh!

- He's a fifth grader...

...but he's supposed to be

in seventh.

He is a giant.

Held back two grades

out ofhis first five.

At the rate he's going,

he'll graduate...

...from high school at the age 27.

And he'll have terrorized

an entire generation...

...of Upper West Siders.

Are you afraid he's going

to beat you up?

No, no, no, no.

of course not.

I just, you know,

want to be ready...

...when that day comes, you know.

Who was I kidding?

I was petrified.

Kitzens hangs out a lot

in front of the subway station...

...on 72nd & Broadway.

I haven't walked past

that corner since october.

Well, we should practice more.

Yeah, sure. Let's go.

We need to start working

on those maneuvers he taught us.

Well, I kind of meant

some other time.

It's getting kind of late.

Oh.

Yeah, that sounds great.

Uh, it's getting kind

of late anyway, so...

Yeah.

How could I have said that?

Okay, just shake it off.

Keep it together.

Are you okay?

That's the, uh, the-the door.

Look at her.

Living this perfect life

up here.

With a view of the park

and everything.

Yet, she's so humble.

Suddenly...

Rosemary's whole world

seemed very attractive to me.

Her parents,

with all their success...

...the nanny who's been with her

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