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invasion of privacy. What was so horrible about finding out if he and Ms. Cabral were a couple? Because if he was hiding something from me, then shouldn't I be making all the fuss about trust?
"Are you protecting her so she won't lose her job?" I blurted out.
Quin's expression changed. I pushed some kind of button. The fact that I got any kind of reaction from him made me tipsy with power, and I let this out too: "Because other students are talking about it, Quin. I mean, if you wanted to protect her, you should be giving this pep talk to a few dozen other people. Just so the rumors don't reach the Dean of Student Affairs. I mean, to everyone else you're still a student."
When I was saying that, I was imagining I was Vida. Confident, cold Vida, who didn't think I was ready for this.
Behind his head, a bolt of lightning streaked somewhere over the hills. It was sunny where we were, but overcast on the other side of the creek.
"Was that you?" I asked.
"No," he said. A second streak of lightning followed, bright enough to change the pattern of shadows on the ground we were on.
"Don't be mad at me for doing what I'm supposed to do," I said.
There was sweat on his forehead, and he looked like he was out his breath. He didn't look like this, ever, not even during a game when he was supposed to be sweaty and out of breath. Sometimes I wondered if Quin forgot that he had to appear normal, ordinary.
I wondered what Quin was like when he wasn't trying to be ordinary.
"You don't know what you're doing," he said instead.
"Maybe you're not a good teacher," I retorted.
The late bell rang. Class seemed like a better place to be in all of a sudden.
Chapter 16
"This is really good popcorn."
"It is, isn't it? Should ask Tita Carmen where she bought it."
"Ask her too where she got those curtains in the living room."
"I think she's had them in one of the cabinets ever since she moved here."
"Still. She got them from somewhere."
"She likes shopping online. Maybe she found them there. Do people look for curtains online?"
"People look for everything online."
This was Thursday evening, and Sol and I were walking to an event at school, pretending that our last conversation didn't happen.
It was a surprise that she even showed up, and not just because when I last saw her, she was storming out of the Guidance Office. I lived close enough to the campus that, whenever something interesting was happening there after class, Sol would drop by the house and walk with me the rest of the way. At least, she used to do that until Neil became her designated driver. I didn't even think of her when I found out about the launch party for College Girl , but she showed up at my doorstep just as I was preparing to leave.
This little get-together for a thousand people was going to be in one of the episodes of the reality show featuring Ford River. I think it was supposed to be the Senior Bonfire, but the invite list was changed to include all year levels.
I could imagine how much this must have annoyed Vida, head of student government and event planner of the Senior Bonfire. Having to deal with lowly freshmen and everyone else at what was supposed to be an exclusive party.
Sol was talking. "Have you seen Kathy lately? She looks super radiant. I wonder if her TV contract includes facials and stuff?"
"I haven't seen her," I said.
So, popcorn. Curtains. Kathy Martin's reality show. My shade of toenail polish. Topics that we casually tossed around, as we neared Ford River.
I kept thinking that I should say something about Neil, but I didn't want to ruin the mood. Meaning, we seemed to be on speaking terms. But each step counted down to campus, to civilization, and likely her waiting boyfriend, and if I didn't say anything just then, maybe I wouldn't get to at all.
"So we're watching Day of Hearts , right?" I blurted out.
"Of course!"
More steps, more about that movie opening on Valentine's day. Losing my chance by the moment. As we
"Are you protecting her so she won't lose her job?" I blurted out.
Quin's expression changed. I pushed some kind of button. The fact that I got any kind of reaction from him made me tipsy with power, and I let this out too: "Because other students are talking about it, Quin. I mean, if you wanted to protect her, you should be giving this pep talk to a few dozen other people. Just so the rumors don't reach the Dean of Student Affairs. I mean, to everyone else you're still a student."
When I was saying that, I was imagining I was Vida. Confident, cold Vida, who didn't think I was ready for this.
Behind his head, a bolt of lightning streaked somewhere over the hills. It was sunny where we were, but overcast on the other side of the creek.
"Was that you?" I asked.
"No," he said. A second streak of lightning followed, bright enough to change the pattern of shadows on the ground we were on.
"Don't be mad at me for doing what I'm supposed to do," I said.
There was sweat on his forehead, and he looked like he was out his breath. He didn't look like this, ever, not even during a game when he was supposed to be sweaty and out of breath. Sometimes I wondered if Quin forgot that he had to appear normal, ordinary.
I wondered what Quin was like when he wasn't trying to be ordinary.
"You don't know what you're doing," he said instead.
"Maybe you're not a good teacher," I retorted.
The late bell rang. Class seemed like a better place to be in all of a sudden.
Chapter 16
"This is really good popcorn."
"It is, isn't it? Should ask Tita Carmen where she bought it."
"Ask her too where she got those curtains in the living room."
"I think she's had them in one of the cabinets ever since she moved here."
"Still. She got them from somewhere."
"She likes shopping online. Maybe she found them there. Do people look for curtains online?"
"People look for everything online."
This was Thursday evening, and Sol and I were walking to an event at school, pretending that our last conversation didn't happen.
It was a surprise that she even showed up, and not just because when I last saw her, she was storming out of the Guidance Office. I lived close enough to the campus that, whenever something interesting was happening there after class, Sol would drop by the house and walk with me the rest of the way. At least, she used to do that until Neil became her designated driver. I didn't even think of her when I found out about the launch party for College Girl , but she showed up at my doorstep just as I was preparing to leave.
This little get-together for a thousand people was going to be in one of the episodes of the reality show featuring Ford River. I think it was supposed to be the Senior Bonfire, but the invite list was changed to include all year levels.
I could imagine how much this must have annoyed Vida, head of student government and event planner of the Senior Bonfire. Having to deal with lowly freshmen and everyone else at what was supposed to be an exclusive party.
Sol was talking. "Have you seen Kathy lately? She looks super radiant. I wonder if her TV contract includes facials and stuff?"
"I haven't seen her," I said.
So, popcorn. Curtains. Kathy Martin's reality show. My shade of toenail polish. Topics that we casually tossed around, as we neared Ford River.
I kept thinking that I should say something about Neil, but I didn't want to ruin the mood. Meaning, we seemed to be on speaking terms. But each step counted down to campus, to civilization, and likely her waiting boyfriend, and if I didn't say anything just then, maybe I wouldn't get to at all.
"So we're watching Day of Hearts , right?" I blurted out.
"Of course!"
More steps, more about that movie opening on Valentine's day. Losing my chance by the moment. As we
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