nine. the perfect storm

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chapter ninethe perfect storm⎯⎯⎯⎯

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chapter nine
the perfect storm
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The group of girls, minus Emily, were all sitting in the Hastings kitchen, skimming through a bunch of flashcards. The girls decided to study together and eat some of the food they had brought while Josie was texting richie. "This is insane! How many words do they expect you to learn in one night?" Hanna exclaimed as she stared at all the flashcards and notes. 

"You should have been studying longer Hanna," Josie said as she laughed. "Stringent," Aria said to the Hastings girl. "Uh, tough, inflexible." Spencer replied to which Aria nodded her head at the right answer as Hanna shrugged, "It's not like you're going to actually use them."

"Meretricious." Aria said, outloud waiting for either Spencer or Josie to answer the question. "I mean, it's not like you go to college and you just start speaking a completely different language." Hanna continued. "It's about getting into college," Spencer told her before answering the question seeing Josie wasn't. 

"Meretricious. um, phoney, flashy?" she questioned and aria nodded. Josie looked over at Hanna who was still eating the pasta they ordered for dinner. "How are you still eating that han?" Josie asked, disgusted.

"Because it's here," she answered. "Put it in the garbage." Spencer chuckled. "Then I'd have to stand over the garbage and eat it," Hanna said, which Josie and Aria couldn't help but chuckle at. "Besotted." Josie shot up, ready to answer. "infatuated, enamoured; in love with." she replied with a smile on her face which made her friends laugh. Hanna turned to Aria. "Hey, what did Noel Kahn say to you last week at my house?" she asked.

"Hello," Spencer called out to them in slight annoyance. "We are taking the SATs in less than twelve hours. Can we focus?" Spencer asked, really wanting to study. "Okay, Spence, you do not need to know any more big words. You're already scary enough to anyone under fifty." Hanna told her, making Josie laugh as Spencer grew quite defensive. "I'm not scary? Am I scary?" she asked, turning to others but none answered, just looked at her. Spencer narrowed their eyes as her friends looked at her. "A little," Aria and Josie answered together.

Spencer's shoulder slouched. "Hey, I saw Noel Kahn hug you, and he did not want to let go." Hanna said to Aria, who sighed, and turned to her. "Talk about not wanting to let something go." She said, "Why can't you just give him a chance?" Hanna asked her. "He's smart, he's cute, his dad owns, like, half of Rhode Island, and he's got great lips." she listened. 

"His Father?" Spencer asked, confused, making Hanna scrunched up her nose in disgust. "Noel! Ew. Seriously, Aria, you and Noel would look amazing together." Hanna replied. "Can we just drop it, please? I'm not looking for anything more than a friend." she begged with a hopeful smile. "Why?" Hanna asked as she looked at Aria while Josie sighed, knowing Hanna should just let this go. "

"Why? don't you have enough on facebook? Besides, don't you want someone real, someone you can, i don't know, scratch and sniff?" Hanna asked, causing all the girls to cringe. "Wow. maybe you should just eat that over the garbage." Josie said with raised eyebrows as the girls laughed. "Look, I am trying to help out a friend here." Hanna told them. 

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