Lucy and Jude are quick to run up the driveway of the Carrigans house, leaving Max and Georgia behind in the car.
"You're wearing makeup," Max comments, looking her over in detail for the first time.
"I am."
"When did you start that?"
"This summer. I still haven't gotten good at it yet." In addition to the pink lipstick and blue eyeshadow, her face was still flushed from her last period gym class.
"Aren't you cold?" Max brushes one of his fingers lightly down Georgia's bare arm, and she shivers, but not from the weather. She's wearing her white button up gym shirt still, and her blue shorts are barely visible through the thin fabric of her favorite yellow skirt. The only thing protecting her from the wind is a small green scarf.
"I'm fine, really."
"Here," Max shrugs out of his jacket and hands it to Georgia. "I'll walk you home."
"Max, I only live two houses away. I'll be fine."
"I insist."
"Don't you want to go spend time with your family?"
"I said I insist. I mean it." Georgia finally takes the jacket from max and hands him her books while she puts it on. He looks through them as she pushes the sleeves up. "I thought you quit advanced sciences." Georgia takes her books back with a smile.
"You remembered." Although the jacket is nearly too small on Max, it's just slightly too big for Georgia.
"I did. So why the change?" Georgia thinks about it as they begin the walk down the sidewalk.
"If I can't get into a big law college, my backup plan is to be an army nurse. Help the war. I need science for that."
"Are you getting better at it?"
"Not at all." Georgia was surprised at how many details Max had remembered about her during his time away at college. "Do you want this back now?" Georgia asks about the jacket as they reach her front porch.
"No. Keep it. You can bring it back to me on Thursday, if you want to join us for dessert?"
"Okay. I'll see you Thursday." Max nods and Georgia hurries inside, closing the front door before he's even off of the porch. Georgia leans against the door and smiles, wrapping Max's jacket around her. At the end of the driveway, Max looks to the house to make sure Georgia is out of sight, than lifts his hat off with a whoop of victory.
