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“Willow, you’re the rational one here.” Liam turns to her. “You have to agree that this is fishy.”
Willow wrinkles her nose as she thinks about it, adjusting her glasses. “I am suspicious,” she admits. “But at the same time…it’s possible it could be a legit good guy. Think about it. We’re always together, right? We’re a tight group, almost impenetrable. Maybe that’s intimidating.”
Liam watches her for a few seconds before laughing. “We’re invisible at this school. No one gives a crap about us.”
Willow shrugs, causing her straight black hair to shift on her shoulders. “You never know.”
Liam grumbles, “Outnumbered again.”
I’m about to say something, but the bell rings. The seven of us head to first period, English with Ally Hastings. She’s Liam and Lily’s mom, and the most amazing English teacher in the entire Universe because she loves books. It’s her greatest passion. She makes the lessons so fun and interesting. If I didn’t love to read since I was born, she would totally convert me.
“How do we find out who he is?” Lily asks as we settle down in our desks. “Do you think he wants Chloe to figure out who he is? He said he doesn’t have the courage to talk to her in real life.”
“Would he feel even more shy if she did discover who he is and confronts him?” Willow muses.
“You’re right,” Ava says with wide brown eyes. “That could scare him away.”
“He’s not a baby,” Liam mutters as he opens his notebook. “If he truly felt that way about Chloe, he should man up and be honest with her.”
We girls frown at him again.
“Why are you all looking at me like I committed a major crime?”
“Would you walk up to a girl you like and tell her how you feel?” Lily demands.
“Well…I…” he stammers.
“Thought so, womb buddy.”
He rolls his eyes. “Ugh, you’re being weird again, Lily.”
“So is she just supposed to wait until…what exactly?” Ava asks.
“Unless you want to go around to every guy at school and ask if he wrote the note,” Willow says.
“No way.” I quickly shake my head, mortified at the thought.
“Good morning, students,” Ally says as she strides into the classroom with her usual cheery smile. “I can’t wait to discussA Tale of Two Citieswith you.”
“We could try to narrow down a list of potential guys,” Lily suggests. “Minus out all the jerks and see who we’re left with.”
“That will take forever,” Ava says. “And do we even know everyone who goes here?”
“I think you should forget about this, Chloe,” Liam says. “This will take over your life.”
“So?” his sister says. “Maybe she wants it to take over her life.”
He gives her a face. “Lily, we’re not in a romance novel—”
“What’s up with you? You like romance. Why are you ruining this for Chloe?”
“I’m just concerned,” he says. “He could be a—”
“Girls?” Ally says. “Liam? If you haven’t noticed, class has already started.”
Wow. We were so caught up in our discussion and the secret admirer that we interrupted Ally’s class. That’s so rude.
“Sorry, Mom,” Lily mutters as we pull away from each other with guilty and apologetic expressions and focus our attention on our teacher.
