y her enings in the house with her mother raine had plans with the clacking w or ly admissions applica sity—the only sc His name was Ethan. , he was also a senior y male and female friends y y of high homeless shelter—the same homeless shelter w olunteering since the college applicay on “an infl d had none up to tha y honestly y to ha tmeal, because she felt selfconscious ar urban gir But then Ethan ar y the truck on her fi y—his uncle o ood supply company—and he noticed her , the only per his age opped a bo , he said, “Hey s up?” She clutc y, ws up? His fi y spoke ey w ed him a pack of pean utter cracker and he said, “Nah, I dont want to take f y from these people tha ely Sarah beg y y young girls often do with young boys and its unwritten rules of hom, she had mor , she stood up straighter left behind the social message T w e feminine tops she w y Lemon-ade.” eeks passed, she gew bold enough to beliee that he was feeling for her what she was feeling for him, that this was not an accident, the tw them winding up in this unlikely place te in books like Zadig y V en g The Alchemist, and she belie , too eek, she had med the courage to ask if Ethan wanted to hang out sometime and he’ ybe Fy?” ed the courage to ask if hang out sometime and he’ No y. Eight-thirty, eight-thirty! She tried to calm her t get too wked up o y oke the rules of her rules. be big e ll phone w p g Her heart jumped. In her raspbey T lack je It was from him. . Eight-thirty
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