aThe Girl At The Restaurant How I live Now by: Meg RosoffThe Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian By: Sherman Alexie It was Tuesday, June27. I walked over to Rowdy’s house only to see that his next-door neighbor was moving. When I saw him I said, “Hey do you want to go to lunch at Jimmy’s Diner?” He said, “yeah sure, why not.” I asked him if he knew who was going to be living next door to him and he said, “I’m not sure.” When we got to Jimmy’s diner, which was a mile outside the reservation I ordered Coca Cola with a Hamburg and fries. Rowdy got a hot dog and a milkshake. As we were sitting there eating I was wondering what we would do this summer besides play basketball. When Rowdy and I were finishing up eating a girl who looked like she was our age walked through the door and shouted Rowdy, Rowdy looked up and said, “Daisy is that you?” “Yes it’s me.” “I haven’t seen you in a while.” The girl standing next to Rowdy seemed like she knew him so well. “Oh Rowdy I forgot to introduce you to my aunt Leona.” “Hi ”her aunt said. Daisy said, “I’m going to be living with my aunt this summer on the reservation.” Rowdy said, “Really where.” “I believe it’s 164 Meadow Brook Road.” “No way that’s where I live, except I’m number165.” Rowdy and Daisy seemed so excited, boy did I feel out of the loop, honestly I almost found it sickening to see how well they got along. I mean Rowdy’s never had ant other friends besides me well at least that’s what I thought. So I told Rowdy I was just going to walk home and he said, “Oh Arnold sorry, this is Daisy my best friend that I lost touch with during the war.”“Well I’ll explain it more to you later.”“Are you sure you want to walk home by yourself.”“Yeah.”“Bye Arnold.” Daisy said.So as I walked home alone, I wondered if I would still be friends with Rowdy. When I got home I started drawing pictures in my drawing book of Rowdy and Daisy so happy and me looking like I was depressed. I can’t believe Rowdy never told me about about this Daisy character before. I mean if she was that important he would have told me, right?At about 2:30 in the afternoon Rowdy, Daisy and Daisy’s aunt Leona brought boxes inside their house and started unpacking them. I thought to my self that I should probably help so; to my surprise I went over and asked them if they needed any help and they did. I started bringing in boxes into the kitchen and Daisy asked me if I wanted to play basketball with her and Rowdy tomorrow morning. I didn’t want to play basketball with them but I had nothing else better to do so I said yes.The next morning I woke up and Knocked on Rowdy’s door to see if he was ready to play basketball with Daisy and me. He came out and said, “Arnold I’m sorry I didn’t tell you that Daisy was my best friend, well besides you but, when the war started I lost contact with her and couldn’t write letters because she ended up living with her aunt Penn for a while. Ounce Daisy came out we started to play basketball and she beat Rowdy and I. I decided life is to short to hold a grudge.As the days went by I talked to Daisy more and more everyday and Rowdy too! I actually became really good friends with her. When it came time for her to go to New York City to live with her dad I was really sad. I kept in contact with her and she kept in contact with Rowdy also. I never knew that I would become best friends with the girl from the restaurant.