13-10-08

"Why do you," he said, coming up to me and removing my headphones from around the back of my neck, "have your headphones on like this?"1

"'Cause they're at uneven lengths," I said, laughing. "This is the only way to wear them that I know of."2

"Oh okay." Pause. "I'm Evan, by the way. I'm new here....I'm supposed to be looking for a girl named Aden....are you her, by any chance?"3

"By all chances, I am Aden. Aden Recreated," I said, stopping myself on the swing with expertise.4

He stopped for a moment. "Recreated?" he repeated dumbly.5

"Yes....I know it's a fucked up last name--"6

"No it's not. I think it's unique," Evan said.7

"Unique? You're the first, Evan," I smiled sincerely. "Thanks."8

"No problem, Aden."9

"Okay," I said, "let me see your schedule."10

He whipped it out of his pocket and handed it to me.11

1. 12 English-30112

2. Geometry-21513

3. Study hall-Basement 114

4. 3 German-10615

5. Lunch-Caf16

6. 4 German-23417

"Wow, two German classes?," I asked.18

"Yeah, I negotiated with them. I was in German 4 at my old school, but for the dumbest reason my transcript said German 3 on it, so basically they just believed me when I said the transcript was wrong and just gave me the three and the four."19

"Wow. I'm only in German 2. I envy you. Greatly."20

Evan blushed. "You don't have to envy me. I'm just like everyone else," he said as we walked to the main building.21