asked.
“Yeah, sure,” I said with an absent shrug. “I’ll go.”
I don’t know why I’d agreed to go bowling. I wasn’t even remotely interested in it. I guess I kind of felt obligated to since Max had just been so nice to Jamie, and I got the feeling that Jamie didn’t get out much.
The bell rang and lunchtime was over. Max grabbed my tray and Jamie’s and winked at me.
“I got this,” he said.
I smiled at him. I wasn’t used to people doing things for me like that without being paid to do so.
“Are you really going?” Jamie asked me, turning her eyes up slightly and looking at me, but with her head still turned down toward the floor.
“Yeah, I’m going,” I replied. “Are you?”
She nodded. It was settled.
Chapter Six
Details
On the way home after school, I asked Will if we could stop by the store where he got his cell phone. He wanted to know why, and I told him I wanted to get a phone of my own. Will actually looked amused. He raised one eyebrow and smirked at me.
“I thought cell phones were stupid and useless,” he mocked me.
“I never needed one before,” I said.
“And you need one now ?” he picked at me, lifting one eyebrow.
“Yes, I do need one now, actually,” I conceded, thinking about Kai.
“Okay, fine,” he agreed. “I’ll put you on my plan. Then you just need to pick out a phone. What kind do you want?”
“I have no idea,” I responded with a shrug.
“What do you want to do with it?” he asked me.
“Call people?” I said. “What else do you do with a phone?”
“No,” he sighed. “I mean, do you want to text with it?”
“Maybe,” I said. “No. I mean yes, I do. I think.”
He rolled his eyes at me. “How can we get you a phone if you don’t know what you want?”
In an instant, I knew exactly what I wanted. “I want a phone that will play ‘Moonlight Sonata’ as my ringtone.”
“Almost any phone will do that,” he said. The he sighed. “We’ll find you one, don’t worry.”
We spent about an hour inside the store, and suddenly I realized it was getting alarmingly close to four o’clock.
“Oh, my God, Kai!” I gasped. I snagged a phone and shoved it at my brother. “I’ll take this one! Let’s go!”
An alarm started shrieking as I yanked too hard on the phone. I forgot they were all attached to the kiosks to prevent theft. The alarm went silent, and stern looking woman walked toward us. My brother rolled his eyes at me and sighed.
“Can I help you?” she said, looking rather irritated.
“I’ll take this one,” I said, my face burning beet red.
“I see,” she said, frowning sourly.
She placed the phone back on the kiosk and went to the back to locate the phone I’d chosen.
“You do realize you just chose the most expensive phone in the store, right?” Will sighed.
“Did I?” I asked. “Sorry, I just picked one.”
“It’s fine,” he said. “Mother won’t care. But do you need that much phone?”
“I don’t know, it just looks pretty,” I admitted.
He rolled his eyes at me again.
It took ages to get me signed up and pay for everything. She recommended I get a travel charger and case and a bunch of other crap. I told her I’d take it all, but I was in a hurry. She rang it all up and it totaled over six hundred fifty dollars. Oops. I guess I didn’t realize just how expensive the most expensive phone in the store would be with all the extras.
We finally got out of there and I plugged my phone in with the travel charger so it could juice up a little before I got home. It was only five minutes until we’d be home, but I wanted to show Kai my phone – that is, if he hadn’t left in disgust because I was so late.
As it turned out, I had nothing to worry about. Kai was sitting out on the front porch when we pulled into the driveway. He perked up when he saw me, and I practically jumped out of the car while it was still moving.
“Oh, thank goodness!” Kai said, hugging me close.
“Yeah, sure,” I said with an absent shrug. “I’ll go.”
I don’t know why I’d agreed to go bowling. I wasn’t even remotely interested in it. I guess I kind of felt obligated to since Max had just been so nice to Jamie, and I got the feeling that Jamie didn’t get out much.
The bell rang and lunchtime was over. Max grabbed my tray and Jamie’s and winked at me.
“I got this,” he said.
I smiled at him. I wasn’t used to people doing things for me like that without being paid to do so.
“Are you really going?” Jamie asked me, turning her eyes up slightly and looking at me, but with her head still turned down toward the floor.
“Yeah, I’m going,” I replied. “Are you?”
She nodded. It was settled.
Chapter Six
Details
On the way home after school, I asked Will if we could stop by the store where he got his cell phone. He wanted to know why, and I told him I wanted to get a phone of my own. Will actually looked amused. He raised one eyebrow and smirked at me.
“I thought cell phones were stupid and useless,” he mocked me.
“I never needed one before,” I said.
“And you need one now ?” he picked at me, lifting one eyebrow.
“Yes, I do need one now, actually,” I conceded, thinking about Kai.
“Okay, fine,” he agreed. “I’ll put you on my plan. Then you just need to pick out a phone. What kind do you want?”
“I have no idea,” I responded with a shrug.
“What do you want to do with it?” he asked me.
“Call people?” I said. “What else do you do with a phone?”
“No,” he sighed. “I mean, do you want to text with it?”
“Maybe,” I said. “No. I mean yes, I do. I think.”
He rolled his eyes at me. “How can we get you a phone if you don’t know what you want?”
In an instant, I knew exactly what I wanted. “I want a phone that will play ‘Moonlight Sonata’ as my ringtone.”
“Almost any phone will do that,” he said. The he sighed. “We’ll find you one, don’t worry.”
We spent about an hour inside the store, and suddenly I realized it was getting alarmingly close to four o’clock.
“Oh, my God, Kai!” I gasped. I snagged a phone and shoved it at my brother. “I’ll take this one! Let’s go!”
An alarm started shrieking as I yanked too hard on the phone. I forgot they were all attached to the kiosks to prevent theft. The alarm went silent, and stern looking woman walked toward us. My brother rolled his eyes at me and sighed.
“Can I help you?” she said, looking rather irritated.
“I’ll take this one,” I said, my face burning beet red.
“I see,” she said, frowning sourly.
She placed the phone back on the kiosk and went to the back to locate the phone I’d chosen.
“You do realize you just chose the most expensive phone in the store, right?” Will sighed.
“Did I?” I asked. “Sorry, I just picked one.”
“It’s fine,” he said. “Mother won’t care. But do you need that much phone?”
“I don’t know, it just looks pretty,” I admitted.
He rolled his eyes at me again.
It took ages to get me signed up and pay for everything. She recommended I get a travel charger and case and a bunch of other crap. I told her I’d take it all, but I was in a hurry. She rang it all up and it totaled over six hundred fifty dollars. Oops. I guess I didn’t realize just how expensive the most expensive phone in the store would be with all the extras.
We finally got out of there and I plugged my phone in with the travel charger so it could juice up a little before I got home. It was only five minutes until we’d be home, but I wanted to show Kai my phone – that is, if he hadn’t left in disgust because I was so late.
As it turned out, I had nothing to worry about. Kai was sitting out on the front porch when we pulled into the driveway. He perked up when he saw me, and I practically jumped out of the car while it was still moving.
“Oh, thank goodness!” Kai said, hugging me close.
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