We got our picture done and I led her out onto the dance floor. A fast song was playing and she seemed lost. I realized that Echo hadn’t really danced before. She looked around and started moving like the other girls she saw.
A grin crossed my face. She was really good at making it seem like she knew what she was doing. I danced with her, showing her other moves she could do. Echo laughed and giggled as I did silly moves and acted like a goofball.
When the slow songs came on, I swept her into my arms and we moved together. She followed my lead at all times. Lots of people I knew would come up to say hi. Most of them had met Echo, but a few didn’t sit with us at lunch and were meeting her for the first time.
While she was talking to a couple of girls, Mason, a guy I knew from track, g
