" I know." Besides, you have a bigger problem, you know." Yeah. Courtney." Does she know?" I don't believe so. I think Ryan's trying to keep it a secr...t from her for as long as he can. Which, I'll admit, makes me uncomfortable, but I understand his reasons." I hope it doesn't blow up in his face," Sophie said.Laurel was insecure, and she knew it. She couldn't help it.She still couldn't quite believe she had snared someone like Ryan Kelleher--and, because she didn't quite believe it, she didn't. I was trying to get a reaction out of her.“That is probably not the help you should take Matt. I think you see that?” she added in a very businesslike way. Looking at her, I could see that her body was giving her away as she had started to blush with this particular topic.Now, I was starting to really feel pushed. I was more real with her in the last two minutes than in the last year, and she was just so cold about it. I had to knock her off her game to get some breathing room. “What about. On Wednesday night? Thanks, that'd be good. Umm, how about I call you back on my cellphone? Okay, thanks."Carol hung up our phone and started walking to her bedroom. I heard her cellphone start ringing before she got there. She entered her room and shut the door behind her before answering it.#4: #1: I was struggling to think of something to say when Carol spoke, "I came in to say how much I love you, and that I told Julia you pop into Donna's and my room each night to check in with us. Julia. Allowing Alice to throw the biggest party in town history. She is single.Jonah Piece- The Captain of the High Parks Football team and all around 'Big Man On Campus'. He almost fits perfectly into every jock stereotype you can think of but he is generally incredibly kind. He is dating Ellie Donovan.Tommy Lee Clerk- Another member of the High Parks Football team and Jonah's best friend. Despite his concentration on the football team, he's very gifted in mathematics. He is also mostly as kind as.