40
Tig Ripley, Hard Rock
“He’s totes smart.”
“Yeah,” Tig said.
“Aren’tWill and Olivia just the cutest couple ever?”
“Cute as a button,”Tig said. She hoped the sarcasm
in her voice hadn’t been as biting as she thought it was.
“Isn’t it funny that he started liking her back, after
all that time? I mean, she was so hung up on him for so
long, and it was like he didn’t even know she was alive.
Then all of a sudden, coupledom! I guess it just goes to
show that persistence pays off.”
“I guess so,” Tig replied.
“See, that’s what I’ve been trying to tell you all
these years. If we just keep on being nice to Regan and
her friends, we will eventually wear them down, just
like Olivia did withWill.”
“I’m not interested in wearing anybody down,”
Tig said. “Man, Kyra, why do you care so much about
being friends with the Bots, anyway?”
“We’re never going to be friends with them if you
don’t stop calling them the Bots!”
“Fine by me,” Tig said. “But that’s what they are—
