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side of the bed, looking hopeful that a spare kernel or two would fall her way.
“Yeah, Hannah’s pretty cool,”I said. “We used to not get along at all, but since I moved in here, we’ve gotten pretty close.”
“You’re lucky,”Nora said.
“Are you an only child?”I asked.
She shook her head. “No. I have an older half brother from my mom’s first marriage, and two younger half sisters from my dad’s third marriage. But I barely know my brother—he chose to live with his dad in Pittsburgh, and only visited us when he had to—and my sisters are practically still babies.”
“That sounds complicated,”I said.
“I guess you can say my parents aren’t very good at commitment,”Nora said, her mouth twisting wryly. “Not to each other, or to their kids.”
I took a handful of popcorn. Willow stretched out her long neck and sniffed in the direction of my snack. I rolled my eyes but finally relented and dropped a few kernels on the ground for her to snarfle up.
“What’s the deal with the other girl?”Nora asked.
“Who? Avery?”
“Yeah. The one who looks like a shark when she smiles.”
I laughed. “That’s almost exactly what Dex once said about her.”
“Dex?”
“My boyfriend,”I said, feeling a little self-conscious.
“Does he go to Notting Hill?”Nora asked.
“You really have to start calling it Geek High. Everyone does. Anyway, no, Dex doesn’t go to Geek High. In fact, he doesn’t even live here anymore. He got a lacrosse scholarship to a prep school in Maine. He just left a few weeks ago, and now we’re trying the long-distance thing.”
“Hey, me, too,”Nora said. “I have a boyfriend back in Boston.”
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“Really? What his name?”I asked.
I was a little surprised that Nora had a boyfriend. She was so shy, it was hard to imagine her getting up the nerve to talk to a guy, much less go out on a date with one.
“Marcus,”Nora said. She sighed. “He’s the reason my mom shipped me down here, although she denies it.”
“Why? Your mom doesn’t like him?”
“She’s just a snob. Marcus comes from a pretty rough neighborhood, and he’s been living on his own ever since his mom got busted for stealing someone’s credit card. He’s actually a great guy—very smart, very ambitious—but my mom thinks that anyone who doesn’t live in a suburban house with two cars in the driveway is unworthy of her daughter,”Nora said. She rolled her eyes in disgust.
“That’s really tough,”I said sympathetically. “Are you and Marcus staying together?”
“Absolutely,”Nora said, lifting her chin. “I love him, and he loves me.”
It was the first real spunk I’d seen from Nora. With her eyes glittering and her cheeks flushed with emotion, she looked almost pretty.
“Good for you,”I said. “What will your mom say when she finds out you’re still together?”
Nora shrugged. “Who knows? I try to avoid talking to her.”
We ate some popcorn, and I told Nora about my first assignment for The Ampersand and Charlie’s advice that I needed to impress my editor.
“I don’t know how I’m supposed to write an interesting article about a challenge facing student athletes. Geek High doesn’t have any student athletes. So who cares about what problems they face?”I said.
“Does it have to be about a problem?”Nora asked.
“No. Candace—that’s the editor—said I could
“Yeah, Hannah’s pretty cool,”I said. “We used to not get along at all, but since I moved in here, we’ve gotten pretty close.”
“You’re lucky,”Nora said.
“Are you an only child?”I asked.
She shook her head. “No. I have an older half brother from my mom’s first marriage, and two younger half sisters from my dad’s third marriage. But I barely know my brother—he chose to live with his dad in Pittsburgh, and only visited us when he had to—and my sisters are practically still babies.”
“That sounds complicated,”I said.
“I guess you can say my parents aren’t very good at commitment,”Nora said, her mouth twisting wryly. “Not to each other, or to their kids.”
I took a handful of popcorn. Willow stretched out her long neck and sniffed in the direction of my snack. I rolled my eyes but finally relented and dropped a few kernels on the ground for her to snarfle up.
“What’s the deal with the other girl?”Nora asked.
“Who? Avery?”
“Yeah. The one who looks like a shark when she smiles.”
I laughed. “That’s almost exactly what Dex once said about her.”
“Dex?”
“My boyfriend,”I said, feeling a little self-conscious.
“Does he go to Notting Hill?”Nora asked.
“You really have to start calling it Geek High. Everyone does. Anyway, no, Dex doesn’t go to Geek High. In fact, he doesn’t even live here anymore. He got a lacrosse scholarship to a prep school in Maine. He just left a few weeks ago, and now we’re trying the long-distance thing.”
“Hey, me, too,”Nora said. “I have a boyfriend back in Boston.”
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“Really? What his name?”I asked.
I was a little surprised that Nora had a boyfriend. She was so shy, it was hard to imagine her getting up the nerve to talk to a guy, much less go out on a date with one.
“Marcus,”Nora said. She sighed. “He’s the reason my mom shipped me down here, although she denies it.”
“Why? Your mom doesn’t like him?”
“She’s just a snob. Marcus comes from a pretty rough neighborhood, and he’s been living on his own ever since his mom got busted for stealing someone’s credit card. He’s actually a great guy—very smart, very ambitious—but my mom thinks that anyone who doesn’t live in a suburban house with two cars in the driveway is unworthy of her daughter,”Nora said. She rolled her eyes in disgust.
“That’s really tough,”I said sympathetically. “Are you and Marcus staying together?”
“Absolutely,”Nora said, lifting her chin. “I love him, and he loves me.”
It was the first real spunk I’d seen from Nora. With her eyes glittering and her cheeks flushed with emotion, she looked almost pretty.
“Good for you,”I said. “What will your mom say when she finds out you’re still together?”
Nora shrugged. “Who knows? I try to avoid talking to her.”
We ate some popcorn, and I told Nora about my first assignment for The Ampersand and Charlie’s advice that I needed to impress my editor.
“I don’t know how I’m supposed to write an interesting article about a challenge facing student athletes. Geek High doesn’t have any student athletes. So who cares about what problems they face?”I said.
“Does it have to be about a problem?”Nora asked.
“No. Candace—that’s the editor—said I could
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