"So did you enjoy your game of put-put?" Louise's shrieking voice awoke Anna from her day-dream.
"Sorry?"
"Did you enjoy your game of put-put?" She repeated. "Remember, you and Matt went to play put-put when he was supposed to come and have dinner at my Grandma's but he hung out with you to play put-put. So, did you enjoy put-put?" As she spoke her head bobbed up and down so hard that Anna was scared that it was going to fall off.
Anna smiled at her, "yes, we did. Thanks for asking." Matt had suggested that the three of them have lunch together so that Anna and Louise could become better acquainted. From what she could tell so far, she'd normally not hang out with Louise but if this was important to Matt, she decided to make an effort. However, from the very dull conversation they'd shared for most of the afternoon, Anna was wondering if she'd made the right decision.
"So, who won?" she asked, extending the topic much further than needed.
"She did," Matt piped in. "But only because I let her," he said, smiling confidently.
"In your dreams," Anna said, splashing some water at him.
"Hey, don't do that!" he warned.
"Wow," Louise said looking at Anna in awe. "How did you learn to swing like that? I cannot imagine being on the green walking for miles swinging a tiny ball around."
Anna watched her in disbelief. "You do realize that this is miniature golf - we don't go on the green or anything... at least not the real one."
"I know, but still, it sounds really difficult."
Anna looked at her and then at Matt. Yep, she thought, Matt knows how to pick 'em. She couldn't believe that Louise made Jessica Simpson look like a Nobel Prize winner.
Anna said, "Matt, why don't you take her there some time?"
Matt shrugged his shoulders. "You know what? I just never thought about it. Friday was the first time I'd been there since the last time we were there. Hey, Louise, if you want to go and check it out, I'll love to go with you -it's not anything exciting or anything."
Anna agreed with him. "Yes, trust me, it's not special."
"O.K," was all Louise said.
After about a moment of silence Matt asked Anna, "What time do you have to be at Carnegie-Mellon tomorrow?"
Anna groaned. "10 am," she replied.
Since Anna only had one more year of high school, she'd started shopping around for colleges and Carnegie-Mellon was a prospective choice. The school scheduled events where they showed prospective students around the campus and introduced them to the different departments. Anna was visiting the school with Danielle (another friend of hers) and Amy the following day.
"Sorry?"
"Did you enjoy your game of put-put?" She repeated. "Remember, you and Matt went to play put-put when he was supposed to come and have dinner at my Grandma's but he hung out with you to play put-put. So, did you enjoy put-put?" As she spoke her head bobbed up and down so hard that Anna was scared that it was going to fall off.
Anna smiled at her, "yes, we did. Thanks for asking." Matt had suggested that the three of them have lunch together so that Anna and Louise could become better acquainted. From what she could tell so far, she'd normally not hang out with Louise but if this was important to Matt, she decided to make an effort. However, from the very dull conversation they'd shared for most of the afternoon, Anna was wondering if she'd made the right decision.
"So, who won?" she asked, extending the topic much further than needed.
"She did," Matt piped in. "But only because I let her," he said, smiling confidently.
"In your dreams," Anna said, splashing some water at him.
"Hey, don't do that!" he warned.
"Wow," Louise said looking at Anna in awe. "How did you learn to swing like that? I cannot imagine being on the green walking for miles swinging a tiny ball around."
Anna watched her in disbelief. "You do realize that this is miniature golf - we don't go on the green or anything... at least not the real one."
"I know, but still, it sounds really difficult."
Anna looked at her and then at Matt. Yep, she thought, Matt knows how to pick 'em. She couldn't believe that Louise made Jessica Simpson look like a Nobel Prize winner.
Anna said, "Matt, why don't you take her there some time?"
Matt shrugged his shoulders. "You know what? I just never thought about it. Friday was the first time I'd been there since the last time we were there. Hey, Louise, if you want to go and check it out, I'll love to go with you -it's not anything exciting or anything."
Anna agreed with him. "Yes, trust me, it's not special."
"O.K," was all Louise said.
After about a moment of silence Matt asked Anna, "What time do you have to be at Carnegie-Mellon tomorrow?"
Anna groaned. "10 am," she replied.
Since Anna only had one more year of high school, she'd started shopping around for colleges and Carnegie-Mellon was a prospective choice. The school scheduled events where they showed prospective students around the campus and introduced them to the different departments. Anna was visiting the school with Danielle (another friend of hers) and Amy the following day.