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I had never heard of Gottfried until randfather told ious it was I would have given anything to be back ataway from my friends" I unzipped one of the suitcases and then added, "I’s onto her bed "That’s the first thing you need to understand about Gottfried--it’s s found out" She untied her hair, letting thick blond locks fall around her shoulders The sh the roo you need to know The secrets that aren’t found out are buried well And probably for a reason"

I gave her a perfunctory nod, but thought she was being overly dras worked, how people talked, how secrets were leaked

Eleanor paused, and for a ht she had finished and I could finally unpack in silence But then she said, "For exaot straight A’s at Costa Rosa High, you’re a sophomore, like me, and you have an inclination for history and the social sciences Your parents were teachers, but then they died and your grandfather sent you here His name is"--she tried to remember--"Brownell Winters"

Surprised, I looked up at her "How did you--?"

"And now you’re here, probably thinking I’irl who’s obsessed with ot into Gottfried because acy here"

"That is not true! That’s just It’s not I don’t think that about you" The retort sounded cleverer in my head, but the worst part was that I probably would have thought all of those things if I’d had ht Everyone thinks it AndBut I know that your faot in You didn’t even have to take that ridiculous adrown up rich--I mean, your parents were teachers--I know that you’re an only child Which probably makes you more spoiled than me, because I have an older brother, and everyone knows that only children don’t kno to share"

I gaped at her, torn between anger and confusion How did she know all this? I wanted to ask if it was her family’s money that made her think she could talk to soed to spit out was, "I kno to share"

"I told you," she said, readingfound out here My parents are divorced, so I don’t really see theot the house in Aspen,over the rest" She rolled her eyes "Or their lawyers are My parents can’t even stand being in the sa about where ould live Which is why my brother and I are here That and the fact that practically our entire faone to Gottfried" She s about " She looked into my open suitcase "That’s a really cute skirt"

I watched as she leaned over lory, coetic for who she was and where she careat taste Do youfor an answer, she bent down and sifted through the rest of the clothes in rowing up in a nor pancakes for breakfast and borrowing eggs fro the bus to school Oh, and of course I’d have to have a summer job It’s so romantic I could work as a waitress and wear an apron and everything"

I gave her a confused look "It’s really not that roum stuck to the seats And I would have killed to not have a su He asked me out at the farmers’ market where I worked"

She looked up at "

I couldn’t help but laugh I had nevera crappy su in a small house