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I seem to make an outcast of myself every time I\u2019m a teenager. Which is fine, I guess. I\u2019ll take one good dog and one good friend over being a phony and fitting in. Alicia points. \u201cThere he is, Jamie!\u201d A couple hundred feet away, our trailer park\u2019s newest resident grabs a box from the van parked in front of his single-wide. He\u2019s gray-haired and buff, like if The Rock were an old man. Alicia and I are sprawled on top of a wooden picnic table in the park\u2019s rusted old playground. | Copyright 2018 by Jos\xe9 Pablo Iriarte. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices