"It's some extra credit summer homework I haven't finished yet. For History. About local folklore."
If only you had History assignments that were that interesting.
Your mom shrugs. "All right, take them up to your room then."
Next
By the time you get to Sandy's Coffee Shop, your friends and Kirill have been ready to leave for some time. They're all bored and staring at their phones.
"Did you, like, forget the layout of Arbor Isle during the last six months?" Addy asks. "We ordered you your usual, but it's cold now."
You take a sip of your tepid drink.