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Horizon 2017
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Taco Boy
‘Itwasjustforonenight.’Ithought,stuffingtheoutfitinthebottom drawer of my dresser. The bright yellow material that had been worn all night was hard to miss among pairs of blue jeans. I grunted in frustration and fell onto my bed, replaying the actions of the night in my head. It all started when Glorious Girl showed up in my room in her suit, mask and all. Of course I didn’t call her that. I call her by her real name, Amber, my best friend. She threw a yellow material at me.
“What’s this?” I asked.
“Your suit,” she responded, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
I held it out in front of me so I could see the whole thing. It had long sleeves and a green ‘T’ on the chest.
“T?”Iasked.
“Yeah, for Tacoboy.”
I sighed, she put my nickname on a suit and wanted me to save the world with her. She had been asking for months now and I finally prom- ised I would if I got a suit. I had no idea it would actually happen. I left to put the suit on and came back out.
“Perfect,”Ambersaid,“Nowforthefinaltouch.”
She pulled out a mask that matched the green on my suit.
“So no one knows it’s you,” she said, coming behind me and putting it over my head.
“So...what’s my superpower?” I asked, smiling for the first time since she got here.
“Well, the suit gives you invisibility and you can fly, obviously.”
“Okay...but where’s the taco dispenser?” I asked, looking into my sleeves for some gadget I might of missed.
“No taco dispenser. Mask gives you night vision and you can walk through solid objects. Which I recommend combining with your invisibility whenfightingcrime,”shesaidcasuallyasshelookedthroughhisthings.
“Keepitdown.Myparentsaresleeping,”hesnatchedapictureframeof him and his older brother from her. “I don’t need them knowing I’m about to risk my life.”
“Risk your life? Please. Being a superhero is a honor. You should be thanking me.”
“Thanking you?! Yeah, thanks Amber for potentially killing me.”
“Hey,” she hissed, “It’s Glorious Girl. I don’t need people knowing the real me. Now let’s go. We have a city to save.”
After many failed attempts, I was finally able to figure out how to get into the sky and start flying. We spent the night saving banks and stopping
innocent people from being mugged. As much I hated to admit it, I actu- ally had fun. And it felt good to save people. After a long night, we finally flew back to my house.
“Hey, thanks,” she said.
“For what?”
“Saving the world with me.”
“We didn’t save the world. We saved a few people from losing money.” “We saved their world,” she smiled.
“Why did you need me anyways?”
“Every good hero needs a good sidekick,” she laughed.
“Sidekick?”
“See you later...Tacoboy,” she said before turning around and flying out the window.
Rachel Bokros ’17
Early Morning Thoughts
I miss those days
Long and bittersweet
Filled with innocence
When the leaves would change And the days would shorten When the breeze would fill the air But the sun would warm my skin But now everything feels the same The days are long
And the cold stabs me
Amanda Nill ’17