The preps walked into the room. Alani heard me and K8E giggling and came over to us. She sat next to me as me and K8E sat up.
"Hey Alani," I said, as sweetly as possible. If there was such a phrase when talking about me.
"Hi Lily. I heard about you and Peter. I'm really sorry."
"It's all good. Besides, K8E's going out with him now."
"Really?" K8E nodded. "Oh. Well. I was wondering, since you're around James so much, maybe you could talk about me."
"Huh?" I knew perfectly well what she wanted from me.
"Get him to ask me out, maybe?"
"I guess so."
"And I can spread a good impression about you, to--say, Kyle Ratazak."
"Oh. In that case, no."
"What? You don't like Kyle? Then--"
"Sorry, babe," K8E interrupted. "Kyle's taken."
"Kyle Ratazak? By who, you?"
"No, her." She pointed at me and I blushed.
"Omigosh! Becki, Tanya, Lily's going out with Kyle Ratazak!"
They ran over. "No way!"
"Yes way. I am. He asked me out after dinner."
"After dinner? Like walking out?"
"No, I was talking to him about something. And then we kissed--"
"You kissed Kyle Ratazak?"
"Yeah. So?"
"That's like, so cool!"
"Whatever." Preps make a big deal out of nothing.
"Hey Alani," I said, as sweetly as possible. If there was such a phrase when talking about me.
"Hi Lily. I heard about you and Peter. I'm really sorry."
"It's all good. Besides, K8E's going out with him now."
"Really?" K8E nodded. "Oh. Well. I was wondering, since you're around James so much, maybe you could talk about me."
"Huh?" I knew perfectly well what she wanted from me.
"Get him to ask me out, maybe?"
"I guess so."
"And I can spread a good impression about you, to--say, Kyle Ratazak."
"Oh. In that case, no."
"What? You don't like Kyle? Then--"
"Sorry, babe," K8E interrupted. "Kyle's taken."
"Kyle Ratazak? By who, you?"
"No, her." She pointed at me and I blushed.
"Omigosh! Becki, Tanya, Lily's going out with Kyle Ratazak!"
They ran over. "No way!"
"Yes way. I am. He asked me out after dinner."
"After dinner? Like walking out?"
"No, I was talking to him about something. And then we kissed--"
"You kissed Kyle Ratazak?"
"Yeah. So?"
"That's like, so cool!"
"Whatever." Preps make a big deal out of nothing.
