Chapter 8: The Opposite of Chill
Rebecca sat in the common area outside the cafeteria, school books spread out around her.
She had tried to explain to Nathan one time that she didn’t mind summer assignments. Sure, it kind of sucked to have to work when you were supposed to be on break, but there was something sort of fun about having the chance to take her time and read a school book as if it was her own choice. Rebecca didn’t like to wait until the last couple of weeks before school started. She liked to work on an assignment over the course of the summer, slowly enough to savor it.
About then, he’d started laughing about what a nerd she was.
Her mom Deb had seen her packing these books and had shaken her head. She’d told Rebecca she didn’t have to bring work to softball camp, that it
