“Connell is ignoring me,” Ruby said, a sigh leaving her lips.

From her seat, Sara lifted her eyes to glance at her friend, before returning to her notebook. Her pencil-strokes didn’t stop, instead the continued smoothly.

“What’d you do this time?” She asked. Ruby sighed once more, standing from the couch to walk to her friend.

“Well, I may have been mad…” Her voice trailed into a whisper, and she continued. “And I may have told him his performance is bad.”

Sara paused, and she glanced up at Ruby. Lifting her eyebrow, a mischievous grin came to her lips.

“Is he?” She asked quietly, leaning forward.

“No!” Ruby said loudly,...