There was a lot of truth in Olive's words. I turned to Charlotte who was fussing over her camera. She was right there -only a few feet away, but she might as well have been on the other side of the moon and all I could do was look.
"I guess we just don't have it, Olive," I said to her.
"Well, unlike you, I have tried talking to Nora," she said and tossed the ball to me. "She handles herself so cool. And I'm there sweating like a pig, screaming panic in my head, some idiotic blah blah coming out of my mouth. You have a better chance than me, Darci."
I was just as a romantic hopeless as she was, and I didn't know why she had so much faith in me.
"Hey! You girls are here, too?"
We turned to find Tonya, Melissa, and Nora walking towards the field.
"Oh geez, what's up with today?" Olive s
