All Chapters of Catch Me, Maybe: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

At one o’clock Saturday afternoon, Jax, Tasha, and Benji arrived at the Ashford house and spent several seconds simply staring up at it.“...Huge.”Jax said it first.“Very huge,” Tasha agreed.Benji had been almost completely silent since they came through the gate.“This is a house?”“It’s a house.”Elliot had come outside to meet them.“Not a hotel?”“No.”“Not a school?”“No.”“Where’s Maple?”“That was a very sudden return to your actual objective.”Elliot laughed and opened the door.There had been a time when having friends react to the size of his home might have made him uncomfortable. Today, he had more or less expected this exact response, so he wasn’t particularly nervous about it.“If Riley were here, her first word would definitely be ‘huge,’” Jax said as he came inside.“Probably.”Elliot answered without thinking.◇Before taking

Tuesday afternoon, Elliot was heading to the campus bookstore with Daniel.He needed a reference book for class, but near the entrance they found a small display of student-made items. Apparently, one of the university’s art clubs was running a temporary sale.“Another event?” Daniel asked, looking over.“Looks like it’s only this week.”There were notebooks, postcards, and little handmade objects spread across the table.Elliot had no intention of buying anything and was about to walk past when something on the edge of the display caught his eye.A small keychain shaped like an old road sign.Printed across the front in large letters were the words—NO PLAN. STILL FINE.Elliot stopped.“What?” Daniel asked.“This.”“You want it?”“No.”Elliot smiled slightly.“I just thought Riley would like it.”Then he pulled out his phone.“You’re taking a pictu

After Maple fell asleep, Benji suddenly said,“I want to see Elliot’s room.”“Why?”Elliot looked the most surprised.“Curious.”“About what?”“Your room.”“That explained nothing.”Jax looked interested too.“I kind of want to see it.”“What are you expecting?”“Massive bed.”“Safe,” Benji added.“Secret bookshelf,” Jax said.“It’s probably a normal bedroom,” Tasha said, the only reasonable person in the group.Riley thought about it.“I want to see it too.”“You too?”“You’ve been to my room.”“That’s true, but—”“Fair is fair.”Four against one.Elliot looked around at all of them for a moment, then stood with the expression of someone accepting defeat.“There’s nothing weird in there.”“That is exactly what someone with weird things in their room would say,” Jax replied.◇On the way upstairs, Benji

Saturday morning, Riley arrived near the station to find Tasha already waiting.“Morning.”“Morning. So where are we going?”“I never told you?”“All you said was, ‘Wear shoes you can walk in.’”Tasha smiled.“Mini golf.”“Mini golf?”“Ever played?”“No.”“I’ve only done it once.”“So basically beginner-level.”“That’s why it works.”Jax and Benji arrived soon after, and Elliot was the last to show up.“Morning.”“Elliot, ever played mini golf?”Riley asked immediately.“Once, when I was little.”“Experienced player!”“That was probably more than ten years ago.”“Enemy.”“Why?”◇Tasha had

The mascot in the enormous pink sunglasses started dancing with a group of kids near the edge of the field. Its movements were strangely sharp and energetic, and before long, it had even dragged a few nearby staff members into the routine.Elliot kept his phone up and recorded the whole thing. Riley had laughed pretty hard when the mascot stole someone’s hat earlier, so she would probably like this too. He figured he could show her when she got back.That was all.◇A little while after the dance ended, Tasha returned first.“What were you filming?”“The mascot. I thought Riley might laugh if she saw it.”“Oh.”Tasha sat down without saying anything else.There was nothing strange about what he had said, but she looked like she might be smiling just a little.“What?”“Nothing.”“Again?”“What?”“People keep saying that to me lately.”“Maybe you’re imagining it.”Elliot was