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S it mildly; I have a suspicion Ronificance of his award I did a little bit of digging while I was researching photographs of the award online to get an idea of how to reconstruct it and discovered very few college students in the United States receive the honor

If no eligible applicants apply, there have been years no one has won it

Furthere

Like, at all

I take offense at Kaylee’s criticis my spine

What an asshole

I say none of these things out loud, because pissing her off has consequences I’m not in the mood to deal with—those or the bad attitude that usually follows So I zip my lips and study the trophy anew

It shines like a disco ball, and while I love it and think it turned out great, he’ll probably be horrified by the shininess Then again, perhaps he’ll also love it in its new form?

One can hope!

“You made that?” Kaylee’s voice is laced with disdain—it sounds as if she’s eating a sour lemon

I shake my head “I didn’tit He dropped the box it was in and it shattered and I felt absolutely terrible”

“Is this a guy you’re interested in? Do you like him? As more than a friend?”

Is she serious? I just discoveredonto put inning to think she doesn’t knoell at all

“No, he’s just a really nice guy”

She considers this, and I know doing so in return is a difficult concept for her to understand It’s not a concept she is used to

“So you don’t want to date anybody?”

I’ this jazzy award and turning it frouy to take me on a date

Not to judge her, but she has led a charmed life; she’s a very spoiled person, and I want her out ofthe towel I had the trophy wrapped up in, I spread it back out on the surface of erly lay the award on top of it and fold it like a burrito

Or a swaddled baby

Back in the box it goes, away from her perusal

Iinto a hoodie, grabbingto run this back over to hih, and I can’t wait for him to see it”

“Whatever floats your boat” She gets one last word in before disappearing down the hallway and retreating to her own bedroom