to tell you your math marks arenât up to snuff.â Roach reached out, crumpled one of the offending photos, moved to the next locker, and the next, tearing off as many Charlie chests as she could.
I stood there watching her, and every other Tom, and Harry Dick in the school, as they gave their lockers a cursory glance, tore off the picture and moved on with their lives, while my boobs looked up at them from the freshly-waxed floor.
Chapter Nine
âYou go, girl.â Grace applauded the mother a few tables over who ignored the anxious looks of stuffy patrons and whipped out her breast when her baby started fussing.
Momâs favorite family Italian restaurant had reopened under new management, so Grace and I were playing food critic, under strict instructions to give mom a detailed review during our next visit. So far our findings were dismal, bleeding into major waste of time. And we hadnât even sampled the food yet. Weâd been seated for half an hour staring at our menus while savory odors drifted over from other tables. No one had taken our orders. The wait was making Grace punchy.
âYou donât see many women with the confidence to bare it all and nurse in public,â Grace said. âWhy is something so natural a taboo? Mothers have the right to feed their children, anyplace, anytime.â
âCan we not talk about breasts?â I was still recovering from the dayâs tits up debauchery. It hadnât amounted to much in the grand scheme of things. Roach had made sure any stray photocopies were swiftly taken care of and the print evidence was long gone before any of the teachers would have noticed. Even if they had spotted one of the copies, theyâd probably assumed it was something for art class or yet another lame poster for yet another lame school dance.
Amazing what shit went on under teacherâs noses.
And as for sharing the photo around online? Well, my fairly well-covered boobs didnât hold up against another Beyoncé meme. By the last bell, the whole thing was a distant memory.
For everyone else, at least.
âPlease.â I held up a hand. âNo more boobs. Not even in terms of nourishment. Besides, if you go on and onâ¦breastfeeding this, breastfeeding thatâ¦and looking at her funny, then youâre part of the problem, donât you think?â I propped the pleather menu on the table using it to conceal my chest, unable to shake the feeling every man in the crowded restaurant had downloaded my hooters from Tyâs sleazy Facebook page and jerked off before going to dinner with their wives. âI mean, if it really didnât test your tolerance for naked flesh on public display, would you think to mention it?â
âPlaying devilâs advocate? How predictable.â Grace attempted to make eye contact with one of the waitresses buzzing between tables. She started waving her arms. âWhat does it take to get food around here?â
A waitress started in our direction only to be commandeered by a blue-haired woman at another table. Grace shifted, her chair scrapping against the ceramic tile in an embarrassing restaurant faux pas.
People stared.
I poked my tongue out at them.
âSo, why canât we talk about boobs?â Grace tipped my menu down and leered at my happy-face T-shirt. âAre you sporting a third nipple I donât know about?â
âDonât. Just donât, okay?â I jerked the menu back into position.
âWow, Charlie.â She laughed. âWhatâs the big deal?â
âLetâs just say I had a rotten brassiere day and itâs not nice to keep reminding me.â I scanned the menu, drooling a little. âYou know what?â
âWhat?â
âI think this is the extract same menu as before, but with stupider names. The Heebie Jeebee Platter. See? It doesnât even make sense. I have no taste bud reference for a Heebie Jeebee . Isnât