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“Nope,” I say.
“Fox, get out!”
“Tell me what’s wrong.”
“Why do you even care?!”
I hesitate. Why do I even care?
“It’s more interesting than Algebra,” I say.
Dani scoffs. “Fox, please. Just…”
She goes quiet.
I impatiently hop down and enter the adjacent stall, quickly stepping up onto the toilet seat to peek over the top into hers. She looks up and gasps with annoyance at the intrusion as she wipes her eyes.
“Fox.”
“Dani.”
“Are you crazy?”
“Maybe,” I answer with a shrug.
“Anybody could just walk in here and see you doing that.”
“All the more reason for you to come out and talk to me.”
She looks at her hands in her lap. “It’s stupid,” she says, shaking her head.
“Can’t possibly be as stupid as Algebra,” I say.
Dani deflates and grabs her backpack by her feet. As she stands up, I drop off the seat and walk out to meet her. She steps out with her bag slumped over one shoulder, her eyes red and swollen.
“I just found out that my dad is pulling me out of school,” she says.
I raise a brow. “Why?”
She sniffs. “Because I’m going to be on location for the next four months.”
“You got the part?”
“Yeah, I got the part.”
“So… why are you crying in a bathroom?” I ask. “I thought you wanted that part.”
“I did. I do. But I don’t want to miss school,” she says.
“Why not?” I scoff. “I’d kill for a four-month paid vacation from Belle Academy.”
“Well, I like it here. I like my teachers. I like my classes and…” She looks down again. “I told you it was stupid.”
“Why don’t you just tell Bennett you don’t want to go?”
She chuckles. “Yeah, sure. You tell the great Bennett Roberts his daughter is turning down the opportunity of a lifetime.”
“Okay, I will.”
