" But you don’t really think wearing a low-cut top to the boys’ party will solve all your problems, do you?” she asked.
“Of course not. I think wearing a low-cut top to the boys’ part will show Sean I’m ready for him.”
“Lori, no girl is ever ready for a boy like Sean. How were finals?” Clearly she wanted to change the subject to impress upon me that boys were not all there was to a teenage girl’s life. As if.
“Finals?” I asked.
“Yes, finals. To graduate from the tenth grade? You took them yesterday.”
Wow, it was hard to believe I’d played hopscotch with the quadratic equation only twenty-seven hours ago. Thinking back, it seemed like I’d sleepwalked through the past nine months of school, compared with everything that had happened today.
Time flew when you were having Sean. "
― Jennifer Echols , Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2)