Merry Meet by Isobel Bird

Author:Isobel Bird
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780061756467
Publisher: HarperCollins

Chapter 10

The library was almost empty when Kate arrived on Saturday morning. A few students wearing Jasper College jackets were sitting at a table with notebooks spread out in front of them, but otherwise the place was deserted.

They’re probably all still sleeping in, Kate thought as she looked for Sasha. She herself would probably still be in bed, too, if Sasha hadn’t asked her if they could meet as early as possible so that Kate could help her with an assignment for English class. They were supposed to be doing a report on an American writer, and Sasha was having trouble getting her material organized. Kate had suggested that they meet at the house where Sasha was staying, but Sasha had suggested the library instead.

“But why did it have to be at nine o’clock on a Saturday morning?” Kate sighed. She’d been all over the library, and there was no sign of Sasha.

“Hey there,” she heard Sasha call just as she was about to give up and go home. Sasha was walking in, wearing the familiar blue jacket and carrying her backpack, which seemed even more overstuffed than usual.

“What did you do, bring everything you own?” Kate joked.

“I have some stuff to do later,” Sasha said. “It’s easier than going back and forth. So, you ready to help me write a brilliant paper?”

“I’ll do my best,” Kate said. “Let’s find a table.”

They went to a table beneath one of the library’s big windows, where the sun made a large pool of light around them. Taking their coats off, they sat down.

“Okay,” said Kate. “Who are you doing your report on?”

“I thought I’d take your advice and do Nathaniel Hawthorne,” Sasha said. “I read The Scarlet Letter. It was nothing like the movie, but it was good. I especially like all of the witch stuff. So I thought I would see what I could dig up on old Nate.”

“That should be easy,” Kate said. “He’s one of the biggies. The library is sure to have a lot of materials.”

“Just point me to them,” Sasha said.

Kate took Sasha to one of the library’s reference computers and showed her how to look up things. Sure enough, the collection had a large number of books about Nathaniel Hawthorne and his work.

“Why don’t you go check some of those out?” Kate suggested. “See what looks good and bring it back. We can start from there. I’ve got some of my own work I can do while you’re looking up books.”

“Will do,” Sasha said. “You’re the best.”

Kate left Sasha at the computer and went back to the table. She had her own paper to work on, and she figured she might as well get some of it finished while she waited for Sasha. She’d decided to write about Carson McCullers, and had collected quite a bit of information about McCullers already so she was ready to outline her paper. She opened her notebook and started writing.

But she couldn’t concentrate. She was still thinking about what had happened with Tyler on Thursday night.

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