Re: Keara, and Brinley again
"It's not like we're official or anything," Brinley explained, "I mean, he's a great guy and he's nice and he got really tall and isn't this scrawny little thing anymore—" and he wore a leather jacket really well, "—but it's been two dates, Keara. And I don't know if I like him like that. He's my friend. It's . . . I dunno."
Brinley was terrible at expressing herself that way, though not quite as bad as her trying to act natural when she liked someone. "He's a great guy and I think we're just seeing what'll happen."