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CHAPTER EIGHT
FIONA NOTICED that John sat at the opposite end of the
table from the boys at dinner and ate quickly, his head
down. Trying to pretend to herself that she wasn’t conscious
of him every single second, she was left to
referee the far-ranging discussion and squabbles.
Dieter admitted to liking—appropriately enough—
a musical group called Snow Patrol.
“You like alternative?” Troy sneered. “What, do you
listen to Modest Mouse, too?”
Dieter was unperturbed. “Yeah, and they’re brilliant.”
This called for taking a poll of musical tastes, always
a delicate matter as it exposed rifts in their world views.
Eminem and Hilary Duff might both top the charts but
did not otherwise pull up their chairs to the same table.
Only Willow’s youth saved her from being savaged by
her admission that Hilary Duff and Aly and AJ were her
favorite artists.
“Oh, and Ashlee Simpson,” she added.
Troy opened his mouth.
Fiona interjected, “To each his own. I like Ben Folds.”
“Yay, teach!” Dieter cheered. “He’s awesome.”
Troy turned his incredulous stare from the more