I try to think who it might be. "Kendrick?"
"Good guess."
"It's him? Kendrick?"
"Yeah, but like I said, don't tell Eve. Maybe just mention him to her and see what she says. He wants to know what she thinks of him."
"I already know. She thinks he's hot but he annoys her. And she'd never date a football player. She thinks they're shallow and only care about how a girl looks."
"I told Kendrick that. I said if he keeps staring at her breasts he'll never have a shot with her."
"Even if he didn't stare at her chest, I don't think she'd date him, but who knows? I didn't think her brother would ever date a cheerleader."
"Christina?"
"Yeah. You knew?"
"No, but she told me she wanted to go out with him. Didn't I tell you that?"
"Yeah, I guess you did. I forgot about that. Anyway, they're a couple now. They're always making out in the halls and the cafeteria. Eve hates it."
"Good for him. So should I tell Kendrick to give up on Eve?"
"No. Let him keep trying. Tell him to try to be friends with her first. Maybe something will happen this afternoon."
"What's this afternoon?"
"Nothing," I say, realizing I almost gave away the surprise. "Any news on when you're getting out of here?"
"They're saying I might get out next week."
"That's sooner than they thought. That's great!" I sound overly enthusiastic. I need to tone it down.
"Brook, what is going on with you?"
"Nothing. Why do you keep asking me that?"
"Because I know you and I can tell when you're lying to me."
"I'm not lying. What would I lie about?"
"There's something you're not telling me."
I keep quiet, not wanting to talk about it. It's not like Dean can do anything to help.
"Okay, I'll start," he says, "but then you have to tell me."
"Wait—are you saying you've been hiding something from me?"
"You already know, but I wanted to talk about it."
"Is this about the offers?"
"Yeah. Did Coach tell you about them?"
"He just said he'd talked to some recruiters and that they were considering giving you an offer."
"I got three. Three offers from three different colleges. That's why Coach came by. He wanted to tell me in person."
