They work out the logistics, deciding which one of them should drive—“I’m way more sober than you,” Chaeyoung says, “you know I only had one drink”—until Jungkook pokes his head out onto the porch and says, with an edge to his voice, “What are y’all doing?” We should probably go,” Jin says, his voice uncharacteristically hushed as he watches Jisoo doze against his side. He looks the same as ever,” Luke says. “Like he’s high and doesn’t know what he’s doing here. Gotta love old Goach.”

They walk up the wooden stairs in silence, their feet tracing the familiar path to Lisa’s room, and Lisa feels content just to be together, just to have another Friday night sleepover in which Chaeyoung will borrow one of Lisa’s t-shirts to sleep in, and Lisa will turn the ceiling fan on high because Chaeyoung likes it that way, and they’ll fall asleep with some sitcom episode playing through Hulu on Lisa’s laptop. It’s a raw and painful read and there is a lot of God talk (so if that’s not your thing, be wa Oh, I’m sorry,” Lisa says, “would you like me to choose something else from my library of three-thousand songs that you accidentally deleted when you were wasted?”I’m going to tell her you’re fornicating in the park and she’d better buy you a new chastity belt.” The pep rally ends when the costumed school mascot—a yellow tiger sporting a red St. Mary’s shirt, and whom the administration officially refers to as Mr. Tiger but whom the entire student body calls Hot Little Mary—bursts onto the center of the gym floor and dances to the fourth repeat of the fight song. The gym goes crazy with cheers and shouts to the costumed tiger, and the noise level peaks so high that Hannah’s ears ache.

All of that has changed now, Baker says. We had an overall winning record this past fall, all of our seniors are braces-free and beautiful, and Clay now stands at—what are you, four-foot-eight? Amen,” Hannah mutters, tossing the word into the great rush of “Amen” that sweeps across the gym. She raises her hand to her forehead to make the same Sign of the Cross that everyone else is making, the words and actions ingrained in her brain, her movements mirroring those of every other person in the gym. Kill me now,” Hannah says under her breath. The seniors all around her shoot her conspiratorial smirks.Felix snorts, and Lisa shoots him a sideways smirk. Jin looks down at Jisoo with exaggerated pity, almost like she’s not in her right mind. Chaeyoung’s smile starts small, just her lips parted in wonder, but then it grows until it lights up her whole face. Shake the microphone cord at Mrs Kwog and tell her you challenge her to a jump rope competition. Loser has to do body shots off of Mr Kim

Thanks, Mr. Gauthier, Baker says, with no trace of irony in her voice. Okay—so should we have this pep rally? Doesn’t mean anything?” Jungkook says, his expression incredulous. “Are you kidding? Dude, like Chaeyoung said, it’s a chance to show we’re the best. Fifty years of competition with Mount Sinai and we can finally prove we’re better. We’ll have bragging rights for the next 50 years! Besides, think about that prize money. If we could pour that into the football program—“ On Saturday mornings Lisa and Chaeyoung take Chaeyoung’s handsome Terrier mixed dog, Hank, to the dog park on Dalrymple Drive. They sit on the circular bench that wraps around the tree in the center of the park and watch Hank gambol around the park with the other dogs.But Hannah longs to be with Baker, who cooks macaroni and cheese with Hannah late at night, who believes in the magic of books as much as Hannah does, and who challenges Hannah to be the best version of herself. abcsupercorp Fandoms: Multi-Fandom, Legacies (TV 2018), Supergirl (TV 2015), Wynonna Earp (TV), 9-1-1 (TV), Motherland: Fort Salem (TV), Utopia Falls (TV), Teenage Bounty Hunters (TV), Warrior Nun (TV), Her Name in the Sky - Kelly Quindlen Jungkook runs a hand through his dark hair and mutters “Big night” for the third time, and then a building door opens several yards behind him. Wally snorts, and Hannah shoots him a sideways smirk. Luke looks down at Joanie with exaggerated pity, almost like she’s not in her right mind.

It was only for you,” Jin says. “But considering you were on the other side of the gym, what was I supposed to do?” He looks the same as ever,” Jin says. “Like he’s high and doesn’t know what he’s doing here. Gotta love old Coach.” You do realize you don’t have to whisper that like it’s a guilty secret, right? It’s not a sin to be bored.”I was initially very hesitant to read this novel. My past experience with religion was an unpleasant one, and I steered clear of most literature that made any reference to Catholicism/Christianity. But... this book did come highly recommended, so I decided to give it a shot. Every time Lisa gets into her car, she sees Chaeyoung in the passenger seat next to her, wearing her sister’s faded old LSU baseball cap, laughing around the straw of her Sonic milkshake. Because this is the first date I’ve been on where I actually like the person,” Chaeyoung says, and Lisa blushes all over.