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His mischievous stone I quickly snatched up the phone, petrified Miss Nancy had heard She had sos about cell phones and kicked people out of the library for using theular basis

"Whatʼs up, Charlie?" I asked quietly, turning around so my back was to the circulation desk and Alex For so to Charlie in front of Alex unappealing

"Saoes," Charlie replied

"Chaht Iʼ up with Bono later to cure AIDS, and then weʼre hitting the club scene I hope the Edge coaround in clothes that should have been washed a week ago, eating Ra until your eyes bled"

Charlieʼs laugh seemed to reach every cell of h, youʼre a little off Raross me out Iʼm on a strict cereal and microwave popcorn diet"

We bantered back and forth for a few matic reasons for Charlieʼs unexpected call Once I told hient, relayed the capitals of several South American countries, and explained how most of this information could be found on Wikipedia, I ended the call and turned back around to apologize to Alex for the distraction I was surprised to find Angel sitting alone, Alex and his stuff gone

The day after Alexʼs disappearing act our Shakespeare class headed down to Nashville to watch Vanderbilt Universityʼs production of The Ta to ask Alex about what happened and attempt to make up for lost research time on the drive down, but Ashley immediately claimed the spot next to Alex in the back seat I tried not to think about whether or not it was the first tiether as Talley chatted aith Ms Ryder fro by the tiot to the city and, as fate would have it, we had to park more than aan umbrella I had been out of the van for less than a minute and was soaked Talley looked ridiculous, but dry, in the odd rain-suit type thing she had packed in her bag

"Did you not watch the weather thishis uesture was appreciated, but I still had an ax to grind "I was too busy searching for my co-writer He disappeared while ere supposed to be working on an article yesterday afternoon I think he ical, cell phone free world, since he never called to explain"

Alex had the good sense to look guilty "Sorry, it was getting dark, and I didnʼt think you would notice"

"It was getting dark?" I snickered "Are you afraid of the Boogey Man?" He scowled "Iʼ so hard I almost didnʼt hear Ms Ryder as she doled out tickets and instructions, begging us to act like mature, cultured individuals

We had to wait for the ushers, ere an even bigger embarrassht enabled lightsaber duel to actually go into the theater

When Darth Vader finally found the time to lead us to our seats I was pleased to findbetween Talley and Alex

"Now, remember ladies, weʼre here to watch a theatrical performance, not to socialize I do not expect to hear any chit-chat between you two after the lights go down," Alex said in ould have been a perfect iiant yawn at the end

"And we donʼt expect to hear any snoring from you, Mr Cole," Talley chided

"I donʼt know if I can pro the truth

He looked like he hadnʼt slept at all What was it with guys and inso on little to no sleep half the tihts went down and curtain ca to understand why Vanderbilt was known for its ram and not its draer of falling asleep as Alex was When I looked over to see if he had nodded off yet I was surprised to find hi at me