Chapter 20March 29th
“I’m so pumped!” Kate threw her backpack down onto my bedroom floor and then did a high kick to express how pumped she was. “Yeah!”
“How is it that you’re still running off adrenaline from my victory?” I asked, putting my own book bag down much more carefully. “And watch where you’re kicking. Don’t knock over a lamp.”
Kate flopped down on my bed and toed off her shoes, little silver ballet flats with pink bows at the toes. “You’re going to be valedictorian. That’s so rad.”
I unlaced my Converse and then lined our shoes up beside my bed, climbing in after her as if I were made of all limbs. She had to duck to avoid one of my legs colliding with her head.
“No one says rad,” I said.
“I’m bringing it back.”
I pulled out my laptop and chemistry textbook, ready to sta
