chapter 54

Question 1

I’ve got our old scenes on my computer. So we can still use those. Wel’ll edit the phone footage _________. It will be ______ It adds a _________________. Makes it more personal

Answer 1

in between; dope; voyeuristic element

Question 2

voyeuristic

Answer 2

oy·eur·is·tic
vwäyəˈristik/
adjective
adjective: voyeuristic
relating to or denoting sexual pleasure gained from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.
“women as objects of voyeuristic pleasure”

Question 3

a tall _________ woman with long bleached0blond hair–Leyna forty years from now? is standing in the entryway

Answer 3

hollow-cheeked

Question 4

SEan, I correct her as we awkwardly shake. Weird that her mom would be home. I’d think we’d need some privacy for the ____________

Answer 4

unveiling

Question 5

I glance around at the _________________ and think that it isn’t exactly the living room of a girl who wants to show you her little muffin

Answer 5

museum-ness of it all

Question 6

But then I guess growing up in such an _______ environment might make you want to be a bit more wild and free

Answer 6

uptight

Question 7

I stroll over to the window and stare outside at the ____________________________ bushes just strting to regain their leaves.

Answer 7

well-manicured bushes

Question 8

I don’t want to come across as some __________ who’s never seen a naked girl up close and personal

Answer 8

noob

Question 9

noob

Answer 9

noob
no͞ob/
nouninformal
noun: noob; plural noun: noobs
a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, especially computing or the use of the Internet.

Question 10

Yes I saw Ms. Luntz on the nude beach last year. But I don’t count that. A ______________________________ rockets up my spine as the image escapes its lockbox

Answer 10

grossed-out chill

Question 11

I pace around the living room, being careful not to bump into anything. Shake my arms out, roll my head around my neck like I’m about to do the _________

Answer 11

fifty-yard dash

Question 12

I toss an arm up over the back, ______________________ the seat next to me

Answer 12

glance over to

Question 13

I am not going to lie to you, Leyna… Your genitalia is ___________________________… Perhaps the… most exquisite specifmen ain the _____________

Answer 13

ravishing; known universe

Question 14

yur omega nebula… is __________

Answer 14

unrivaled

Question 15

who are you talking to, SEan?

Oh, _____. It’s Leyna.

Answer 15

crud

Question 16

I pull my hands from my eyes and look up to see her _______________ standing over me

Answer 16

backlit

Question 17

She gives my knee a squeeze. My leg jumps like it’s been __________

Answer 17

stun-gunned

Question 18

My mouth is pretty ____________, but I shake my head. Nah. I’m good thanks.

Answer 18

parched

Question 19

parched

Answer 19

dried out with heat.
“the parched earth”
informal
extremely thirsty.

Question 20

My little muff-muff’s looking pretty cute. she smiles proudly. I spent the last hour doing some _________ and ________

Answer 20

priming and trimming

Question 21

primp

Answer 21

primp
primp/
verb
gerund or present participle: primping
spend time making minor adjustments to (one's hair, makeup, or clothes).
"they primped his hair"

Question 22

Got her all _____________ for your visit. I even ___________ a little pink bow.

Answer 22

gussied up; clipped on

Question 23

I cock my head, try on a bit of _____________ and say, All rihty, then. Let’s see this little muffin of yours

Answer 23

swagger

Question 24

swagger

Answer 24

swag·ger
ˈswaɡər/
verb
verb: swagger; 3rd person present: swaggers; past tense: swaggered; past participle: swaggered; gerund or present participle: swaggering
1. 
walk or behave in a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive way.
"he swaggered along the corridor"
synonyms:
strut, parade, stride; More
walk confidently; 
informalsashay 
"we swaggered into the arena"
boast, brag, bluster, crow, gloat; 
strut, posture, blow one's own horn, lord it; 
informalshow off, swank 
"try to swagger less and instead show some humility"
noun

Question 25

Just then a tiny brown-and-white corgi with a pink bow in its hair _____ into the room

Answer 25

trots

Question 26

Muffin, muff-muuf, muffy. And all the ____________

Answer 26

variations of

Question 27

well of her butt. Leyna turns the dog around and lifts her __________

Answer 27

tail stump

Question 28

Leyna ___________ her brow. Why what did you think the picture was

Answer 28

furrows

Question 29

\I hope you don't mind. Leyna says, a small shy smile _______________

Answer 29

dimpling her cheeks

Question 30

But my brain's right. I need to grow some _______. So it's either say what I want to say or skulk off with my tai between my legs.

Answer 30

balls

Question 31

Oh SEan. She ______________. Not a good sign. I'm really confused. I thought … god, this is I mean... I thought… I thought you were ...gay

Answer 31

leans away

Question 32

Theres no need ofr you to be sorry. I give a loud ______

Answer 32

lip fart

Question 33

Jeez Louise, did I just thank her? Like she was the one asking me out? Time to ____________________, Seanie boy

Answer 33

abort this mission

Question 34

I ________________ of there, my face and ears red-hot.

Answer 34

book it out

Question 35

book out

Answer 35

BOOK OUT To run really fast, usually away from police or the fuzz. mark: shit man, the fuzz saw us blazing! liam: fuck, grab the weed and BOOK OUT!

Question 36

I don't know what's worse: the fact that I've just been totally _______________________ by Leyna, the fact that she thought I was gay, or the fact that the only thing that has given me comfort lately turns out to be a picture of a ltitle dog's anus

Answer 36

blown off

Question 37

blow off

Answer 37

to ignore

Question 38

Because even though I know they'd bot htake a bullet for me if asked, there's no way they're ever going to let me _________________

Answer 38

live this one down