The second year looked Adi up and down, not that she needed to because she knew what every inch of him looked like, and said
"You are already the perfect shade. You don't need the sun like I do." She was not that light since she had spent her whole summer outside, but as soon as she couldn't lounge out in the sun she would be pale all over again.
"It really is." Her hair swirling in the wind was proof enough of that.
Good. He had heard about Angel and Abby so that meant that he had every reason to believe that was all that was wrong with her.
"I can't believe that Abby took Ian's side knowing all of the facts." Sure, later on Abby came to her and said that she was wrong, but Abby was still mad that Ian left. AJ was her own flesh and blood, and she took up for some crazy kid. That hurt.
Gulp. As it turns out, Adi wasn't buying her story. She didn't think that boys were normally this aware. What was she going to do? There was no way she could tell him it bothered her that he was going to get a girlfriend. AJ promised herself that she would never go there again after what happened to her last time she said she liked him.
"Umm..." How was she going to stall AND be convincing?
"I really don't think I should." Why was it hard to keep eye contact with Adi all of a sudden?
"I just mean that it's nothing. I was just really tired and overwhelmed with all the drama, and maybe I got too sensitive over something you said." Too much, AJ... shut up!
"It's nothing. I'm all better, see?" She forced a huge smile on her face.