poems. “Well, uh, nice to meet you Nate.”
“Nice to meet you!” Aude echoes.
Nate smiles. “Nice to meet you, too. Well, I’ll see you around, Hannah.”
Hannah shares a giddy smile with her friends once he’s disappeared around a corner. “Isn’t he sooo dreamy?”
“Yeah,” Kate says.
“Oh my gosh, tell us all about him!” Audrey coos. “Like, how did you two meet?”
“Cross Country. We’ve known each other for a while. But yesterday, after practice, he came up and asked if I wanted to grab dinner. And of course I said yes, I mean just look at him!”
Kate looks at her friend, confused. “But then, what happened to Devon?”
Hannah shrugs. “I dumped him. He was fine with it. He got that we were only together as a temporary thing.”
So she just needed someone to fill the gap between real boyfriends. Hannah is very proud of the fact that, since freshman year, she has never been single. Despite about seven break-ups. “Well, I’m happy for you.”
“Me too!” Aude agrees. “Nate looks like a real catch!”
Maddie joins the group, and judging by the bags under her eyes that her concealer doesn’t quite hide, she didn’t get much sleep. “You okay?” Kate asks.
“Yeah. We’re supposed to find out who made the Patriots today.”
Oh, right. That. “It’s gonna be you. I know it.”
“I hope so. I couldn’t sleep last night. I kept wondering what would happen if I didn’t make it. This entire summer will have been for nothing.”
“Well, not nothing.” Aude giggles. “At least you’ll still have Dom.”
“Yippee. Why isn’t anyone decent interested in me? Like Gabe, or Sean.”
I’m not sure Sean is so great. Kate keeps the thought to herself.
“Aw, cheer up, Maddie.” Hannah puts a comforting hand on her friend’s shoulder. “You’ll find someone. I did.”
Maddie snorts. “Yeah, I said someone decent.”
“Not Devon. Nate.”
Maddie looks confusedly to Kate and Audrey.
“She’s dating someone new,” Kate explains.
“Of course.” Maddie rolls her eyes. The start-of-school bell rings.
Kate hangs behind to console Maddie. “I’m sure you’ll find someone.”
“Yeah. All I have to do is act like Hannah or Aude.”
“No. I mean, yeah, it takes longer if you wait for someone good. But the only way to find someone good is to act like us, not Hannah.”
“Is that why Aude ended up with Gabe?” Maddie sighs. “You have to admit, acting easy is a good way to get attention, and maybe that means you have better options. I kinda wish I was like them, sometimes.” Kate turns, but Maddie’s already gone.
Maddie’s last words toss around in Kate’s mind throughout English. Aude doesn’t act easy, exactly. I guess she just gives off, like, a vibe or something. Hannah, though, that has to be precisely what she’s going for. I wonder how long the thing with Nate will last. Hell, maybe when Hannah moves on, Maddie can date him.
The day drags on, leading up to lunch; despite the first couple of days, Mr. Silveris is proving just as difficult a teacher as the rest. Maybe even more so, with his daily essays and insistence on thirty pages of reading every night. Swimming is predictably
“Nice to meet you!” Aude echoes.
Nate smiles. “Nice to meet you, too. Well, I’ll see you around, Hannah.”
Hannah shares a giddy smile with her friends once he’s disappeared around a corner. “Isn’t he sooo dreamy?”
“Yeah,” Kate says.
“Oh my gosh, tell us all about him!” Audrey coos. “Like, how did you two meet?”
“Cross Country. We’ve known each other for a while. But yesterday, after practice, he came up and asked if I wanted to grab dinner. And of course I said yes, I mean just look at him!”
Kate looks at her friend, confused. “But then, what happened to Devon?”
Hannah shrugs. “I dumped him. He was fine with it. He got that we were only together as a temporary thing.”
So she just needed someone to fill the gap between real boyfriends. Hannah is very proud of the fact that, since freshman year, she has never been single. Despite about seven break-ups. “Well, I’m happy for you.”
“Me too!” Aude agrees. “Nate looks like a real catch!”
Maddie joins the group, and judging by the bags under her eyes that her concealer doesn’t quite hide, she didn’t get much sleep. “You okay?” Kate asks.
“Yeah. We’re supposed to find out who made the Patriots today.”
Oh, right. That. “It’s gonna be you. I know it.”
“I hope so. I couldn’t sleep last night. I kept wondering what would happen if I didn’t make it. This entire summer will have been for nothing.”
“Well, not nothing.” Aude giggles. “At least you’ll still have Dom.”
“Yippee. Why isn’t anyone decent interested in me? Like Gabe, or Sean.”
I’m not sure Sean is so great. Kate keeps the thought to herself.
“Aw, cheer up, Maddie.” Hannah puts a comforting hand on her friend’s shoulder. “You’ll find someone. I did.”
Maddie snorts. “Yeah, I said someone decent.”
“Not Devon. Nate.”
Maddie looks confusedly to Kate and Audrey.
“She’s dating someone new,” Kate explains.
“Of course.” Maddie rolls her eyes. The start-of-school bell rings.
Kate hangs behind to console Maddie. “I’m sure you’ll find someone.”
“Yeah. All I have to do is act like Hannah or Aude.”
“No. I mean, yeah, it takes longer if you wait for someone good. But the only way to find someone good is to act like us, not Hannah.”
“Is that why Aude ended up with Gabe?” Maddie sighs. “You have to admit, acting easy is a good way to get attention, and maybe that means you have better options. I kinda wish I was like them, sometimes.” Kate turns, but Maddie’s already gone.
Maddie’s last words toss around in Kate’s mind throughout English. Aude doesn’t act easy, exactly. I guess she just gives off, like, a vibe or something. Hannah, though, that has to be precisely what she’s going for. I wonder how long the thing with Nate will last. Hell, maybe when Hannah moves on, Maddie can date him.
The day drags on, leading up to lunch; despite the first couple of days, Mr. Silveris is proving just as difficult a teacher as the rest. Maybe even more so, with his daily essays and insistence on thirty pages of reading every night. Swimming is predictably
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