Chapter 10

“Ow,” Lilith whined.

“What’s wrong?” Jenny asked, flopping back on the bed.

“This cream rinse I spent my entire allowance on is neither creamy nor rinsey,” Lilith said. She was sitting at her desk, brushing her hair. She’d decided to go with it down for the night. But the thick tangles were making her start to question that decision.

Jenny yelped for some reason, leaping toward the end of the bed. Lilith frowned, looking at Jenny in the mirror. “What?”

“Hey babe.”

Lilith turned around to see a grinning James. “Hey! I told you we’d meet you at the Bronze.”

"The window was unlocked," James said, laughing and nodding to the open window.

"Because the stairs are just so inconvenient," Jenny said, rolling her eyes.

"Why didn't you just wait for us?" Lilith asked.

“Because it’s just Ally and Yuna there right now and they’re studying French,” James said. “If I wanted to learn French, I’d go back to school myself.”

“Why are they studying French?”

“Yuna’s struggling in one of her classes.”

“Hey