I sighed. I had a bad feeling about this day and particularly about this Sarah person, who seemed to have spent time with Leo this summer unbeknownst to Nate and me. Once upon a time, Leo would have made fun of a girl like that, but he seemed to like her well enough today.

We threaded our way toward the classrooms. Nate and Leo had the same homeroom, but I was on my own. We caught up with Leo just outside the door to their classroom.

“I wondered where you guys had gone,” he said. “I turned around, and I couldn’t find you. Did you get your lockers to work?”

I arched my eyebrows. “Yep. You might not have lost us if you hadn’t been giggling with your girlfriend.”

I expected Leo to laugh at the joke, but instead he frowned at me. “She’s not my girlfriend. I just got to know her over the summer. I cut the grass at her house.”

“And inspected the sprinklers?”

“I was finishing up one day, and Sarah brought me out a drink. While we were standing there talking, the sprinklers came on, and we both got soaked. That’s all there was to it.”

I didn’t have time to answer. Nate pulled at Leo’s arm. “We have to go in, Leo. She’s starting to take attendance. See you at lunch, Quinn.”

I gave Nate a half-hearted wave and glared at Leo once more before I flounced off to my own homeroom.