(Outside Reading #3) Book: Private

After Reed's encounter with the Billings girls, Thomas Pearson came up to her. He gave her an old bus token and told her it was his old luck charm but he not longer needed it so he thought to give it to her. At this point Reed has a major crush on Thomas. After school, Reed heads to the soccer fields with the team. When they go out to scrimmage, she steals the ball from Noel (main girl of the Billings girls) and Noel packed it on the ground. Reed expected her to be furious with her but instead she acted almost impressed. On her way home to her dorm, Ariana popped out from nowhere and began talking to Reed. The two started talking and it ended by Ariana asking Reed to sit with them at breakfast which made really excited. At breakfast the next morning, Reed realized that the Billings girls didn't want to become her friend so much as they wanted her to be their slave. They ordered her around and to get their food.

I would think if a boy gave me something after just meeting him, that there was something there. I think it was very cute of Thomas to give her that because that's not something many guys would be able to do. After school at soccer practice, I'm happy that Reed showed Noel a little of who's boss because someone has to take the queen down every once and a while. I'm glad Noel handled it well, I would have expected her to do just as Reed thought, get furious. Now during breakfast the next day I don't think it was right for the Billings girls to do that to Reed but I feel like there's something more that they want.