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Andi and Robin become fast friends. Andi picks up a secondhand drum set for a steal on Craigslist and wheedles Renée into paying for lessons, and soon drums merrily away to Robin's guitaring and singing.
Trouble makes dessert for the Swans once or twice a week, demonstrating both the stability of his peculiar motives and his diverse baking abilities. Souffles do not transport well, but all sorts of cakes, pies, muffins, tarts, brownies, and cookies do just fine on the bus trip from an undisclosed location to the Swan household. He misses a lot of school without explanation.
The second Monday of October, Andi (followed shortly by Bella) plops down by Robin at lunch and says, "Hi! How was your weekend?"
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He laughs.
"I love you because you're you," he says. "As much of you as I can tell you are, anyway. So if you like being you, it can't be that bad, right?"
"I love you because you're you," he says. "As much of you as I can tell you are, anyway. So if you like being you, it can't be that bad, right?"
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Trouble giggles.
"That just makes me think of gardening. Little flowers growing out of your head."
"That just makes me think of gardening. Little flowers growing out of your head."
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"Whatever you do, I'm betting it doesn't involve shears," he agrees. "Or little watering cans." He mimes pouring water on her head from such a miniature vessel.
"Nope. Nor fertilizer, plant food, or the direct use of sunshine to do anything but manufacture vitamin D."
"Yeah. I mean, I also write down that I need to grab flour the next time I'm at the grocery store and that I have a dentist appointment next Thursday, but I wouldn't carry them so consistently if I weren't also using them for processing and editing the contents of my head."
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