17
Sutton
“Sutton,” Jenny whispered, dragging me away from the rest of my family later that day. She looked practically giddy.
“What’s going on?”
“I know this is last minute, but do you think you could find a sitter for Jason tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow?” I asked. My eyebrows rose to the ceiling. “It’s already evening. Who am I going to find on such short notice?”
“I don’t know. I’m sorry. His grandparents?”
“What is this all about, Jen?”
Her eyes darted back to the living room and then to me again. “Julian asked me out.”
“Oh my God!” I squealed, jumping up and down. “That’s so exciting.”
Jenny blushed. “It was unexpected, for sure. I thought, when he went back to Vancouver, that would be the end. And, now, it looks like it was only the beginning.”
“Well, let me call Linda and see if s
