A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai

Author:Nandini Bajpai
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2019-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

If the first meeting sparks interest, arrange more right away. A promising spark may fizzle if fuel is not immediately added to the fire.

—THE SHAGUN MATCHMAKING GUIDE

chapter eighteen

I look over my torn jeans and faded middle school T-shirt that says WILSON WILDCATS for the tenth time. Aiden did say to dress in something I didn’t mind getting paint on, but I still want to look cute. I send Noah a selfie with a question mark. He sends me back a thumbs-up emoji.

“Mom, I’m biking to Aiden’s to work on an art project,” I yell on my way to the door.

“Wait, who’s Aiden?” Mom asks, coming out of her office.

“Aiden James,” I say. “Remember when you volunteered in the lunchroom in elementary school? He’s the white boy with the curly hair that had to sit at the nut-free table because he has an allergy. Plays the clarinet.”

“Oh, yes,” Mom says. “What’s he like now?”

“Older, taller,” I say. “Still into art. He’s in my class with Ms. Furst.”

“I didn’t know you did projects together,” Mom says.

“We don’t, normally. This is… something new.”

“But I thought everything in your portfolio had to be made by you?”

Honestly, what’s with the interrogation?

“It does. Aiden offered to show me how to use an art technique I’ve never tried, and I might teach him a thing or two about mehendi. I’ll be back by six, okay?”

“Text me if you’re running late,” Mom says before ducking back into her office.

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