“It made me even more nervous than when he had been studying me like I was under a microscope. “Okay! Well, I will rectify that immediately. I’ll get you one right now before they run out. Gotta go. Bye!”
“Bye,” he stated in a monotone.
I tapped my screen to end the call and took a shaky, anxious breath.
“What is going on with you?” Alice asked. “Why are you so nervous?”
“Is it that obvious?” I questioned. “Do you think he noticed?”
“I would say so,” she retorted. “What with all the rambling about grains of rice. “I was trying to be funny.” I covered my face with my hands and groaned.
“Tell me, Ella,” she urged. “What’s got you so frazzled?”
I dropped my hands and looked directly at her as I began to speak. I didn’t even have to think about whether I could confide in my b
