Octopus Surgery

I could lift up my head and see an octopus on my brain. Baffled, I try to make it go away, but I couldn't. I kept this a secret from everyone, except for Elliott. He told me to go get surgery, but I was too scared. And when my aunt drove my mother, grandma, and me home, the local streets were loaded with La Quinta basketball players with their coach, Barton or Snyder.