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formally and with a fair amount of suspense in her tone, kind of like we’re living in some sort of mystery dinner theater production.
“Yeah. I’m starting to understand there’re things at play here that could possibly cause the social dynamics of this school to be thrown into a topsy-turvy kind of upheaval. I never-ever thought I’d be a part of some huge teen scandal, let alone be the cause of it though. I certainly feel honored, but sorta unworthy at the same time.” I’m also starting to have a growing understanding of how kids my age take the ins and outs of each other’s lives along with the minutiae of those lives so seriously.
And now let’s sit back and relax because it’s time to pay attention to what Kate’s about to tell me. And know this, how she put it all together is nothing short of phenomenal...
“Okay good, you get it. Now, I’m gonna walk you through what I feel to be some very remarkable happenings of today, so let’s start at the beginning… I saw how he stopped you from falling this morning. It wasn’t like he just happened to be walking behind you two, you know. He literally sprang off the stage and practically sprinted to grab that book his cousin dropped. And this part is pretty amazing in itself and I still can’t believe he did it,” she said, shaking her head, emphasizing her disbelief. “He then circled around so he could come up behind you guys and appear nonchalant in an attempt to not only get a closer look at you, but make sure you noticed him too. And you should understand it’s highly unusual for Tristan to draw attention to himself like that.
“Now Camie, I cannot stress enough how important this next tidbit is... Jeff witnessed it as well. So, keeping in mind there were a good four hours that passed in which he could’ve been thinking about you, that brings us to several groundbreaking things that happened in English.”
“Oh, you mean the class I’ve heretofore been referring to as heaven?”
She laughed. “Yeah, that would be the one.”
“Okay, just checking. You may continue...”
“Alright well, Jeff is a total flirt, but what he was doing today wasn’t so much flirting with you as it was egging Tristan on. This leads me to believe that Tristan either A, said something about you to his best friend, or B, Jeff guessed at his interest like I did.
“Either way, there was enough in his behavior to take notice of. I have a hunch Tristan probably said something though, because not only did they have their heads together for much of first period, but it kinda seemed like they were speaking in code during English, as if Jeff was telling Tristan what he thought of you without actually saying anything. So that could mean Tristan might’ve asked Jeff’s opinion earlier in the day. And let’s not forget that Jeff works in the office third period where he could’ve easily obtained pertinent information about you for Tristan.”
“But what about him thinking I wa—”
“A guy? And him not seeing a new girl on the roster?”
I nodded.
“I think that was bullshit. It’s my belief that Jeff scripted some of what he said and he did it solely to ferret out a reaction from you. I think he took it upon himself to screen you for Tristan, who was paying very close attention to everything being said, even though he did a damned good job of appearing not to be…and judging from the way Tristan looked at you and laughed about what was said, I think Jeff’s statement about you being a sophomore took him by surprise.
“Next, Tristan put his hand on your knee when he picked up Teresa’s note, making skin-to-skin contact for the second time today, and coming from him, that’s a big clue that he’s attracted to you. He could’ve very easily reached over you without touching or leaning against you like that, or just not picked it up at all. He didn’t want the note…I know you saw his face when he shredded it; he was completely repulsed by even touching
“Yeah. I’m starting to understand there’re things at play here that could possibly cause the social dynamics of this school to be thrown into a topsy-turvy kind of upheaval. I never-ever thought I’d be a part of some huge teen scandal, let alone be the cause of it though. I certainly feel honored, but sorta unworthy at the same time.” I’m also starting to have a growing understanding of how kids my age take the ins and outs of each other’s lives along with the minutiae of those lives so seriously.
And now let’s sit back and relax because it’s time to pay attention to what Kate’s about to tell me. And know this, how she put it all together is nothing short of phenomenal...
“Okay good, you get it. Now, I’m gonna walk you through what I feel to be some very remarkable happenings of today, so let’s start at the beginning… I saw how he stopped you from falling this morning. It wasn’t like he just happened to be walking behind you two, you know. He literally sprang off the stage and practically sprinted to grab that book his cousin dropped. And this part is pretty amazing in itself and I still can’t believe he did it,” she said, shaking her head, emphasizing her disbelief. “He then circled around so he could come up behind you guys and appear nonchalant in an attempt to not only get a closer look at you, but make sure you noticed him too. And you should understand it’s highly unusual for Tristan to draw attention to himself like that.
“Now Camie, I cannot stress enough how important this next tidbit is... Jeff witnessed it as well. So, keeping in mind there were a good four hours that passed in which he could’ve been thinking about you, that brings us to several groundbreaking things that happened in English.”
“Oh, you mean the class I’ve heretofore been referring to as heaven?”
She laughed. “Yeah, that would be the one.”
“Okay, just checking. You may continue...”
“Alright well, Jeff is a total flirt, but what he was doing today wasn’t so much flirting with you as it was egging Tristan on. This leads me to believe that Tristan either A, said something about you to his best friend, or B, Jeff guessed at his interest like I did.
“Either way, there was enough in his behavior to take notice of. I have a hunch Tristan probably said something though, because not only did they have their heads together for much of first period, but it kinda seemed like they were speaking in code during English, as if Jeff was telling Tristan what he thought of you without actually saying anything. So that could mean Tristan might’ve asked Jeff’s opinion earlier in the day. And let’s not forget that Jeff works in the office third period where he could’ve easily obtained pertinent information about you for Tristan.”
“But what about him thinking I wa—”
“A guy? And him not seeing a new girl on the roster?”
I nodded.
“I think that was bullshit. It’s my belief that Jeff scripted some of what he said and he did it solely to ferret out a reaction from you. I think he took it upon himself to screen you for Tristan, who was paying very close attention to everything being said, even though he did a damned good job of appearing not to be…and judging from the way Tristan looked at you and laughed about what was said, I think Jeff’s statement about you being a sophomore took him by surprise.
“Next, Tristan put his hand on your knee when he picked up Teresa’s note, making skin-to-skin contact for the second time today, and coming from him, that’s a big clue that he’s attracted to you. He could’ve very easily reached over you without touching or leaning against you like that, or just not picked it up at all. He didn’t want the note…I know you saw his face when he shredded it; he was completely repulsed by even touching
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