“Great! You can also bring your friends with you.”
Cole liked the flower fragrance that he could smell from his mother. Her name was Sheryl. She had dark hair, green eyes. Cole looked a lot like her. He had green eyes too. Sheryl was always positive and sensitive. Cole adored her. She was an example of a woman for him.
After dinner the boy had to do some household chores and forgot to investigate Ivy’s page. Anyway, he didn’t have time for it.
The next day Cole looked through the rest of the posts. There was a photo of Ivy and her friend whose name was signed as Cami. They were best friends, but Ivy had to move to another city.
“She must be lonely here,” he supposed.
The last two posts were about some events. There were advertisements which didn’t interest Cole. He didn’t even read them.
The bell rang and Cole had to go. He had a PE lesson. He was good at sports and liked to train. Doing sports also helped him to abstract from the constant process of thinking. It was necessary sometimes.
Vocabulary
judgemental adj осуждающий
speak out v высказываться
doubt v сомневаться
envy v завидовать
reveal v раскрывать
weakness n слабость
come up with v придумывать
fail v потерпеть неудачу
warmth n теплота
tag v помечать
hilarious adj веселый
fragrance n аромат
constant adj постоянный
At the end of that school day Ivy realized that she had left her jacket in the dressing room. She headed there and, all of a sudden, saw Cole coming out of the gym. He was putting his T-shirt on and didn’t notice Ivy. The girl stopped and smiled. Cole saw her and froze for a moment.
“Hmm… Hey!” she said.
“Hi…”
“You’re Cole, right?”
“Yeah.”
“I’m Ivy.”
“I know,” Cole felt confused.
“Well, I would never think you’re good at sports.”
“I’m not.”
“But you look really athletic.”
“Maybe a little.”
“Ok, I’ve left my jacket here. I’ve got to find it.”
“I see.” Cole was going to walk away.
“Wait, Cole… What are you doing after school?” Ivy kept shocking the boy.
“I need to help my mother at her flower shop. Why?”
“Cool! Can I go with you?”
“Hmm… Well…Why not?” Cole couldn’t understand why she was acting like that.
“Fine! Just a minute. I’ll take my jacket!”
Ivy left, Cole stayed shocked.
The girl was back in five minutes and they headed to the shop. Ivy turned out to be a talkative girl. On their way to the shop Ivy was telling stories about her previous school and friends. Cole was listening and wondering why she was telling him all that stuff. First, he was feeling nervous. He even doubted if he had done the right thing to let Ivy go with him. Cole wasn’t used to hanging out with other peers, especially girls. He didn’t know what to say and felt embarrassed. But Cole relaxed some time later. He realized that Ivy wasn’t like other girls he had ever known. “At least, she doesn’t get on my nerves anymore. Plus, she seems to be smart.” Meanwhile, Ivy was laughing at her own joke. Cole missed it but smiled. He asked, “Do you have friends here?”