Bluefish

Travis is disturbed that Velveeta claimed she lies often because now he’s not sure how to know when she’s telling the truth. At lunch, Velveeta describes her book to Travis and asks if he’s circling words to learn to read, too. Travis is embarrassed and asks if McQueen told Velveeta his secret. She says he didn’t; she found out by herself by observing Travis. Velveeta says she thinks it’s cool he’s learning to read. She says she won’t tell anybody, but Travis worries she’s lying.

After school, Travis goes to the park and runs into Bradley, who again says he actually likes Travis and Velveeta and doesn’t just sit with them because his video games were banned. Bradley asks if there are still a bunch of guys sitting near the bridge after school each day, which there sometimes are, but Bradley won’t reveal why he wants to know this.

Travis arrives home and finds beer in the fridge, but it’s non-alcoholic. Grandpa says it helps him now that he’s quit actual alcohol. Grandpa tries to talk to Travis, but he just goes into his room and circles words in the fox book until Grandpa leaves.