"Tomorrow night?" Michael repeated. "I guess...nothing better to do." They were in study hall, and quite predictably, not studying.
"Thanks," Tess said. "Do you think you can get Max to come?"
Michael gave her a look.
"No, no, nothing like that," Tess explained quickly. "Just...I have this bet to see whether I can get him to come or not. Because someone *else* wants him there. And I get fifty dollars if I do. Just don't tell him, ok?"
"I'll see," Michael replied. "But if he comes, Liz will, too--you know that, right?"
"Yeah, I know." A teacher looked over, so she pretended to be absorbed in her physics book. "Get Isabel to come, also. Everyone really misses her."
"I'll try," Michael agreed. "But she's pretty much given up on popularity."
"Ugh."
"And don't forget, you've got a date with *me* tonight."
"Michael, I don't want to go to the mall."
"Okay, then, we won't."
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"And then, some idiots shoved bottles of alcohol into their hands, so when Valenti reached the party, they got busted," Michael continued. They were waiting in line for the SpaceCoaster at an amusement park right outside of town. It had taken Michael almost half an hour to convince her to come. She didn't have a very good track record with amusement parks. But despite history, she was having the best time she'd ever had in life right now.
Tess laughed. She'd never heard the whole story of how the humans had found out about them, and it was more interesting than she'd expected.
"So they're in jail, and Alex is like, 'Tell me or I'll tell Valenti what I did.' So Liz tries to hint it to him, in case they're bugged or something. But he just *doesn't* get it. He's like, 'What do you mean, not from around here?' 'What, from up North?' And finally, when she spells it out for him, he's like, 'Okay, you're crazy,' but he won't tell Valenti. so anyway, they end up convincing him, and basically, that's where you come in. Oh, let's go."
The line was moving, and they were about to get on the roller coaster. They walked foward and sat in the car, and Tess squeezed Michael's hand out of nervousness.
"What, you don't like roller coasters?" he asked, surprised. "I'm shocked at you, Tess. I always thought you were a cooler person than that."
Tess made a face, and he laughed. "I've never been on a roller coaster, actually. I was only at one amusement park ever, and I got lost."
He burst out laughing. Then, seeing the offended look on her face, stopped. "Sorry. It's just that I used to come here with the Evanses all the time, and I ALWAYS got lost. It was more fun that way, I thought."
Really. Well, that settled it--Michael was the strangest boy she'd EVER met. But good-strange. He was allowing her to let go for the first time in her life, to just kick back and relax.
He was her cure.
"Thanks," Tess said. "Do you think you can get Max to come?"
Michael gave her a look.
"No, no, nothing like that," Tess explained quickly. "Just...I have this bet to see whether I can get him to come or not. Because someone *else* wants him there. And I get fifty dollars if I do. Just don't tell him, ok?"
"I'll see," Michael replied. "But if he comes, Liz will, too--you know that, right?"
"Yeah, I know." A teacher looked over, so she pretended to be absorbed in her physics book. "Get Isabel to come, also. Everyone really misses her."
"I'll try," Michael agreed. "But she's pretty much given up on popularity."
"Ugh."
"And don't forget, you've got a date with *me* tonight."
"Michael, I don't want to go to the mall."
"Okay, then, we won't."
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"And then, some idiots shoved bottles of alcohol into their hands, so when Valenti reached the party, they got busted," Michael continued. They were waiting in line for the SpaceCoaster at an amusement park right outside of town. It had taken Michael almost half an hour to convince her to come. She didn't have a very good track record with amusement parks. But despite history, she was having the best time she'd ever had in life right now.
Tess laughed. She'd never heard the whole story of how the humans had found out about them, and it was more interesting than she'd expected.
"So they're in jail, and Alex is like, 'Tell me or I'll tell Valenti what I did.' So Liz tries to hint it to him, in case they're bugged or something. But he just *doesn't* get it. He's like, 'What do you mean, not from around here?' 'What, from up North?' And finally, when she spells it out for him, he's like, 'Okay, you're crazy,' but he won't tell Valenti. so anyway, they end up convincing him, and basically, that's where you come in. Oh, let's go."
The line was moving, and they were about to get on the roller coaster. They walked foward and sat in the car, and Tess squeezed Michael's hand out of nervousness.
"What, you don't like roller coasters?" he asked, surprised. "I'm shocked at you, Tess. I always thought you were a cooler person than that."
Tess made a face, and he laughed. "I've never been on a roller coaster, actually. I was only at one amusement park ever, and I got lost."
He burst out laughing. Then, seeing the offended look on her face, stopped. "Sorry. It's just that I used to come here with the Evanses all the time, and I ALWAYS got lost. It was more fun that way, I thought."
Really. Well, that settled it--Michael was the strangest boy she'd EVER met. But good-strange. He was allowing her to let go for the first time in her life, to just kick back and relax.
He was her cure.
