LAYLA did not understand why Alex hadn’t just kissed Oliver in his car. I can feel the sexual tension all the way from here, she texted The Chat the next morning. That would’ve ruined everything, Alex texted back. She attempted to explain that there was a delicate power balance between her and Oliver. She texted that she couldn’t let him get the upper hand or everything would be ruined. Layla wanted to text and ask what exactly it was that would be ruined (since it wasn’t clear what was going on between Alex and Oliver anyway), but that seemed like too practical of a question. How blue were his balls? Layla asked instead. I dunno. I didn’t look, Alex texted back. After a few seconds she added, Do you guys want to go to Trevor’s party with me tonight? Layla didn’t really know Trevor except that he was the starting center on the basketball team. The party would probably be a lot of athletes and those sorts of kids she didn’t really know. Layla still might have gone anyway, but she already had plans to see a movie with Logan.
