Four Weeks, Five People by Jennifer Yu

Author:Jennifer Yu
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

CLARISA

I’VE NEVER CONSIDERED myself “bad with guys.” This is not to say that I consider myself “good with guys,” mind you. I have a lot of characteristics everyone seems to think automatically doom me to a fate of dying alone with ninety cats: shyness, inability to make eye contact, inability to start a conversation, inability to hold a conversation, bra size that’s too small, dress size that’s too large, the list goes on. But I don’t think I am, mostly because I don’t consider myself anything with guys. I was never really interested in them when I was younger, and I was too busy thinking about other things after the OCD kicked in. I never learned what it is girls are “supposed” to do or “not supposed” to do around guys, so I’ve never been able to plan my life around only doing things that guys like. When I told this to my ninth-grade best friend, Carmen, she gave me this sort of pitying look, as if the worst thing for a girl to not know these days is what guys like. //

Anyway, I didn’t read nearly enough Cosmo or Seventeen to know what I’m supposed to do around guys in general, much less guys I have present-but-as-of-yet-undefined-and-quite-confusing feelings for. This means that I have no idea what I’m supposed to do around Ben. And that means that I’ve just been winging it and hoping I don’t say anything too stupid. I almost did the other day, I think, when I basically told him I wanted to have an “ill-advised and reckless” love affair, but I rescued myself by quickly changing the subject and Ben never brought it up again. As far as I’m concerned, the best strategy concerning all things guys is actually total and unabashed ignorance. Which is a good thing, too, because that’s the only strategy I know. Besides, I have something more important to worry about right now, and that’s Stella. //

Ever since watching Girl, Interrupted on Sunday night, Stella’s been really quiet. I felt relieved about this at first, and I think everyone else probably did, too. It was nice just to be able to say things without being afraid that Stella would jump on it and say something snide and sarcastic for no apparent reason. But then Monday came and went, and she still wasn’t talking very much, and then Tuesday morning came and went, and she still wasn’t talking very much, and then Tuesday at dinner Mason was being absolutely insufferable, and she still didn’t say anything. “Dude, are you okay?” Andrew asked her at group that evening, and she just said, “I’m fine,” totally seriously. Not in a snappy way, like she usually talks, and she didn’t even get on Andrew’s case for using the word dude, which has kind of become the go-to camp joke. Just “I’m fine,” and then nothing. //

So on Tuesday night, I take it upon myself to make her feel better, or at least to figure out what’s wrong.

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