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“Excuse me?” I laugh, thinking she’s joking.
I’m the last person with family connections. I don’t haveanyfamily members, let alone connected ones. Maybe she’s confusing me with someone else? We’ve only exchanged the barest of small talk and only a couple of times.
“You’re dating Caleb Winters, right?”
“Uh, yeah.”
“George Coleman is the chairman of the Fulright committee. He’s also buddy-buddy with your boyfriend’s family.”
“I…didn’t know.”
Michelle scoffs. “Well, now you do.”
She walks away, leaving me stunned for the second time today.
“She probably doesn’t know what she’s talking about,” Amanda tells me. “She’s just jealous.”
I manage a smile, but I’m even more distracted on the walk back to the library once we’ve gotten our drinks. After ten minutes of getting nothing done, I give up.
“I’m going to head out. I’ll see you guys later.”
Amanda and Eric nod. They’ve both made efforts to cheer me up since we ran into Michelle, but I know only one thing will have any effect on my mood.
I need to talk to Caleb.
On the way out of the library, I pass Sophie walking in. I send her a small, tight smile and continue walking.
“Lennon!”
When I turn back around, she’s jogging down the library steps toward me.
“I know I’ve been kind of a bitch to you,” she blurts, as soon as she reaches me.
“Um…”
She continues like I never spoke. “If it makes any difference, it’s never had anything to do with you. You just got caught in the crossfire, because I want him, and he wants you.”
Now, I have even less of a clue what to say.
“I thought Caleb was using you to piss off his parents. I underestimated how much you mean to him. So…I just wanted to say sorry. Good luck with finals.”
Thankfully she leaves before I have a chance to respond, because I have no idea what I would have said.
I continue down the rest of the stairs and across campus. It’s a long walk to Caleb’s off-campus house. I don’t realizehowlong, until I’ve walked too far to turn back. It’s always seemed like such a short drive.
I finally arrive just as it’s getting dark out.
Drew is the one who answers the door, his face splitting into a wide smile when he sees me. “Lennon! Caleb didn’t mention you were coming over!”
“Is he here?” I ask, my tone a sharp contrast to his. Night instead of sunshine.
Drew’s eyebrows knit together as it registers. “Uh, yeah. Come on in.”
I head for the living room, since I can hear the commotion coming from that room. They’re watching football instead of baseball, for once.
Aside from Caleb and his housemates, there are a bunch of girls in the room too. I ignore everyone except Caleb, too upset to care about being rude.
“Can I talk to you?”
