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It’s clearly a tall order
But then, finally, the crowd parts a little bit, revealing a bar against the back wall, and standing in front of it are--
"Oh od"
Chapter 22
When you’ve been best friends for as long as Isabel and I have--ten years and counting--you get pretty good at reading each other’s faces Isabel knohen I’ my "I’m embarrassed and about to make it worse with a terrible joke" face I know her "I’ the entire truth" face And I definitely know her "I’m about to hand this stupid boy his ass" face because I’ve seen it in class about a hundred ti now
I thought we’d find theloith princely attention Or , which would be worse
What I didn’t expect was to see the each other doith Isabel yelling over the music, "You’re a co as stunned as I feel, and next to me, Miles pulls up short
"This isunexpected," heyour pardon?" Seb asks Neither he nor Isabel have noticed us yet, so intent on whatever it is they’re arguing about
"A jackass," Isabel repeats, not even fazed Her shoulders are back, chin lifted, and ohhhh, this is bad "Or whatever word you use for that here"
"I’iving way to the icy disdain thing I’ve seen El pull "I’et any worse, I step forward, practically dragging Miles with ht that I actually wince
"What’s going on?"
Seb and Isa both startle a little looking over at us
"Monters?" Seb asks, confused, and Miles goes to stand next to Seb, slapping one hand on his shoulder I do the same on Isabel’s side--well, lance at each other, suddenly realizing all we’re doing is heether
Which is clearly an issue since not even our presence is going to stop this argu to i up wherever this left off "I certainly have no probleorstoun isn’t the place for the up at the ceiling like the answer roans, tipping his head back
"Seb," he says, "we’ve talked about this"
"I’ to look at Miles "You know I ahtirls would like it there?"
"Wait, there really aren’t any girls at your scary boarding school?" I ask, and Miles etic
"There aren’t, and it’s become a bit of an issue So coed is not a bad idea Others of us are--"