“So things are a lot better because I saw Jessica at lunch, and I told her that somebody told me that Jason liked me—I didn’t tell her it was a pencil because how weird is that—but I told her I had no idea they were going out or I totally wouldn’t have gone near him. And she said that was okay because she broke up with Jason anyway because she found out Brady Tremont wants to go out with her. And he’s cuter and an eighth grader. So then right after you finished that thing with the logs, I went up and said hi to Jason and he asked if he could call me later, and I said yes, so it looks like we might get together anyway.” “Well, that’s good.” Ava looked out the window for a few seconds. Almost all the leaves had blown off the trees. She turned back to Sophie. “How come you were mad at me?” “I’m not mad at you!” Sophie’s eyes went all big. “I was going to sit with you on the bus this morning, but you were already sitting with somebody.” “You were mad. Right?”
