The Upper Class by Hobson Brown Taylor Materne & Caroline Says

Author:Hobson Brown, Taylor Materne & Caroline Says [Materne, Hobson Brown, Taylor & Says, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-19T19:55:10.455000+00:00

on her forehead since she scrubbed her face. He takes Nikki’s hand and explains the location. The room gets little light, true, but is twice the size of regular rooms.

Posters of old gangster movies plaster the walls, and the furniture is a weird clutter, much of it red Moroccan leather—donated by an eccentric aunt of Seth’s who lives in New York City. The TV’s cable wires are spliced to Mr.

Hood’s upstairs through the window. Diego is mixing a drink in the corner.

Seth and Diego aren’t outsiders or freaks but aren’t quite happy-go-lucky insiders anymore, either. They’ve done the Pair Revolution—it usually happens in the Upper-form or Senior year. Most often it’s roommates who stake out a territory—physical and metaphysical—and wage a quiet war from there against everything. This room is their territory. They have retreated from life at Wellington, and this is where they barricade themselves.

Nikki smiles, shakes her head as she looks around.

Unreal.

“You want a drink?” Diego asks without looking up.

He’s wearing Calvin Klein briefs and purple socks, nothing else. Surround-sound speakers play The White Stripes.

“Yeah, sure. Hey, isn’t the music loud?”

“The walls are soundproof because they didn’t want the washer and dryer waking kids up,” Seth replies. “Nik, check this out.”

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