Jon didn't remember much of his first two classes, distracted as he was by the loss of Karyn. He hadn't seen much of his friend in the new administrator...the new version of Karyn was over double her real age and seemed none of her humor had made it into this new version...though he couldn't say for sure if Karyn wasn't really in there.
He turned a corner heading to his third class and suddenly blinked when he heard someone calling his name. It was Tina. "I overslept," she said. She looked a lot like Karyn used to...even though they weren't identical, with her hair and build. But the two were very different. He hadn't known Tina very well before the change..always being in Nadine's shadow...it occurred to him he hadn't seen Nadine recently...but...
"Jon...did you hear me?" Tina asked.
"Sorry...just...it has been a long few days..." he said.
"Don't I know it...I can't miss another class...but...tell me if you found anything else..." She said.
"There's a new deputy principal...other than that..."
"We'll talk at lunch," Tina said, awkwardly, trying to decide whether or not she should tell Jon her mom had returned. Her real mom.
Both friends parted, both hiding things from the other.
