Chapter 1: What makes a liar.
Will gagged. "Ew! What is this stuff?" She asked Hay Lin.
Hay Lin smiled and took a few more bites. "I call it Watercress Wonder." She replied. "What do you think?" She added.
Irma winced and dumped her bowl into the trashcan. "No offense, Hay Lin, but I'd rather eat something less bitter. Like eggrolls." She said.
Tarani nodded. "I agree. This stuff is really bitter."
"Maybe I should have taken it easy on the hot mustard, huh?" Hay Lin asked.
Will dumped her bowl out. "Yeah, that would have helped." She agreed. "Has anyone seen Cornelia?"
Cornelia walked in quickly. "Sorry I'm late! I just had to go shopping and get this new pair of boots. Aren't they the cutest?" She gushed.
Irma looked at them. "Yeah, I guess so. Come on, Hay Lin. Let's go get those eggrolls." She added as she walked out of the room.
Hay Lin smiled awkwardly. "I'd better go...um...get some sodas." She lied, sensing something between Will and Cornelia.
Will watched her go. "Cornelia, you should have called us to tell us where you went. We don't call these meetings for nothing." She said.
Cornelia looked at her. "Will, what's wrong? You sound so upset." She asked.
Will looked away. "Bad day, I guess." She replied.
Caleb walked in suddenly. "Hey, Will. Hey, Cornelia." He added, embracing his girlfriend.
Cornelia smiled as she hugged him back. "Hey yourself." She said happily.
Will looked away from them and blinked rapidly, then composed herself and looked back as the other three irls walked in. "Hey! Let me help you with that." She told Irma, taking the plate of egg rolls.
"What's wrong, Will?" Caleb asked. "You look really upset."
"I had a bad day, that's all." Lied Will.
Irma frowned. "What are you talking about? You had a great day--we had your favorite lunch, you got an A on that test you didn't study for, and everything went just the way you wanted it to."
Will picked up an eggroll. "No." She murmured. "Not everything went the way I wanted it to."
"Like what?" Caleb asked.
Will shrugged. "You wouldn't understand. Excuse me--" She ran out of the room as tears threaten to overflow in her eyes.