We soon arrived at the park and set up. Kevin’s erratic driving somehow didn’t cause anything to fall or spill all over any of us. Carly and Christian were on the tire swing together, Steph and Miles were on the swings, Blair and Joe in the funny looking chair tree, Tommy, me, Nick J and Amanda were on the blanket. Jordella and Amaca went to a movie with Kevin to meet up with Danny and Frank. And, of course, Nick N was blasting his iPod, laying on the grass, looking unhappy. What was wrong with him?
All the other girls were giggling as their new (or still, in Carly’s case) boyfriends whispered in their ears, gave them a kiss, or told them something ‘funny.’ But Tommy and I weren’t doing that. We were just too empathetic. WHAT WAS WRONG WITH NICK N ?
We were looking at him for a while, and them we decided to go over and ask him what was up.
We strolled over and sat down next to him, one of us on either side. He briefly glanced at each of us and, with a sigh, turned off his iPod.