Alice hadn't dressed up on purpose. The boy looked fidgety enough to throw up, and that was just on the internet. Which was why she sidled up behind Billy in line wearing jeans and a t-shirt, grinning and tapping him on the shoulder.
"You probably shouldn't have coffee, you're so jumpy." Her voice was low, conspiratorial, but her laugh was loud and silly sounding. Many people had told her that her laugh didn't match her looks. Her looks? Knockout. Her laugh? Geeky girl who played D&D.