you. You’re the guy I was supposed
to be with all along.”
That was my plan. It was
foolproof.
I hung out with Zaheera every
chance I got. We’d talk about boys,
which ones she liked and which
ones liked her. I’d give her advice.
At one point she got set up with this
guy Gary. They started dating. Gary
was in the popular group but kind
of shy and Zaheera was in the
popular group but kind of shy, so
his friends and her friends set them
up together, like an arranged
marriage. But Zaheera didn’t like
Gary at all. She told me. We talked