Orbiting Jupiter

“Jupiter. I promise I’ll always know where you are.”

I had his back.
And he had mine.
That’s what greater love is.

“It’s not the solution, Mr. Canton. It’s the path to the solution that’s fascinating,”

You know how teachers are. If they get you to take out a book they love too, they’re yours for life.

Sometimes it’s like that. You know something good is coming, and even though it’s not even close yet, still, just knowing it’s coming is enough to make you snort and nicker. Sort of.

“I think someone’s tightie-whities got a little too tightie,” said Danny.

He loved her.
He had never known love before.
He had never known how much it could fill him.
He had never known anything, he thought.

“Jupiter,” I whispered back. “Jupiter. I promise I’ll always know where you are.”

“Jackie,” said Jupiter.

“That’s right,” I said. “Jackie.”

Jupiter stared at my parents—her parents too, now.