Chapter 50: the freshman

“Head’s up!” Alvin called.

Jenny hit the beach ball over the tennis net toward Alvin, who punched it back toward her. The sun was beating down on the group as enjoyed one of the last days of summer break before both UC Sunnydale and Sunnydale High classes started back up. Tiffany was building a sandcastle near where Mark was sitting drinking a Pina Colada from a coconut. Lilith had positioned her chair beneath a palm tree a short distance away, and had her face buried in a history textbook. She really wasn’t messing around when it came to preparing for classes.

Lilith had been unavailable a lot over the past four months. The summer days Jenny, Mark, Tiffany and Alvin spent on the beach or shopping in LA were often without Lilith. She claimed she was just busy, but she’d signed up for the same number of classes as Jenny – a regular full-time schedule made up of pre-requisites – so Jenny had her doubts about this excuse.

Jenny and Lilith had been attached at the hip ever since Lilith ar