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“So, I’m thinking of heading to Bobby’s after class,” Jenna says.
“Oh, yeah?” I ask as I attempt to save my portrait.
“He and his roommates are having a little get-together. You should totally come along.”
“Oh, no thanks,” I say. “I don’t want to intrude.”
“Heidi, it’s not an intrusion if you’re invited,” she says, her voice slipping into that annoyed tone I know so well.
“I know. I just...” I pause, searching for an excuse. “I have some homework to do.”
“No one does homework on a Thursday night,” she says. “It’s the law.”
“Well, I’m tired,” I say, grabbing the next available excuse. “I worked a double shift at the diner today and I wanted to catch up on my sleep.”
“So you’re going to sleep and do all that homework, too?”
I glare at her gotcha smile. “… Yes,” I answer.
“Or you can come with me to Bobby’s and have some fun.”
“No, thank you.”
Jenna scoffs. “Heidi, do you remember the deal we made when we moved to Chicago together?”
I sigh. “Yes, I remember.”
“You said that you were the boring homebody in high school and you wanted to branch out at college.”
My nose twitches. Another sneeze incoming. “I know, I just?—”
“I agreed to be your mentor on the condition that you actually try.”
I snap toward my elbow again to obscure my sneeze.
“Bless you,” she says again.
“Thanks. I will try, Jenna. I just don’t want to try tonight. That’s all.”
“Okay, fine.” She slowly draws the line of his jaw on her own portrait. “But tomorrow night, you’re going out with me.”
I nod, jumping on the opportunity to satiate her and end this conversation. “I will go out with you tomorrow night,” I repeat.
“Promise?”
I cringe playfully. “Do I have to?”
“Heidi, you will never fall in love with a stranger if you never meet people.”
“But meeting people means they aren’t strangers anymore.”
She pauses, briefly taken back by the logic. “Whatever. I’m not letting you weasel your way out of this one. You are going out with me tomorrow night and that’s final.”
I chuckle. “I will.”
“And then, you will do what your BFF Jenna would do, and bring a cute boy home with you to play with.”
I shake my head. “Yeah, I’m not doing that.”
