By the following week, Eva and Zack were going steady.
By the beginning of November, a month after their first date, they were a couple people looked up to. They said, "Now look at that Eva and Zack. They've been an item for so long, and they're committed to each other. Why can't we be like that?" Eva and Zack were like Barbie and Ken. A more athletic Barbie and a curly headed Ken. Except that they weren't exactly doomed to be meant for each other for all of eternity. At least, I hoped not. It would be awkward for my best friend to be married to someone who so loved to exasperate me for no reason.
I watched from the sidelines, marveling that they weren't biting each other's heads off, something I had taken to doing every time I was left alone with Zack. He had been sweet that one night t
