"Hey," I said when she answered the door.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"Keith. You're Pidge. You know Lance."

"That I do. Come in." She was a small girl with mousy hair and intelligent eyes. "Alright," Pidge said. "What problems are you having?"

I sighed. "Well, yeah, I like Lance. But he's so...kind and giving...and I'm...not." Pidge looked at me like I was an idiot.

"Come on, dude. If you want him go get him." She tilted her head at me. "Wait a minute, how did you find out where I lived?"

"I asked Lance's mom who his friends were. It doesn't matter, because I came here to ask for Lance's number."

She snorted. "Fine. But promise you'll actually use it!"

I smiled. "I make no promises. Thanks." I left and walked back home, only to find my mom waiting at the door.

"Hey sweetie," she said. "I bought tickets to a boat tour tonight. Mantas By Moonlight. We can see some new people there, and..." she looked at me closely. "Our neighbors run the boat tour."

"That sounds interesting. Thanks Mom!" I edged past her and into the house. "Anyways, just call me when it's dinner time." I walked into my room as she peered after me suspiciously. I closed the door, opened my phone, and texted Lance. Well, attempted to text him. "Hey, it's Keith." I texted. A new message popped up almost immediately.

"Keith! How's it going?" I smiled. 

"Good, man! According to Mom, we're going on a boat tour tonight." I winced at the 'man' but sent it anyways. It took him five minutes to respond and when he did, it seemed like he was...scared?

"Oh, really? Ok, well then, I have to go and help out see you then bye!" I shut my phone off with a disappointed sigh.  

"Oh well. At least I'll see him tonight."