Tangerine Part 2, Chapter 8 Summary

Tuesday, September 26, later

• Paul's grandma calls to make sure he's okay, what with the sinkhole and all.
• His mom takes the phone, so Paul goes up to his room—but a few minutes later, she brings the phone back to him.
• Confused, Paul takes it. It's Cara, a girl from Lake Windsor Middle. She asks him about Tangerine Middle, and whether he's going out with anyone from there.
• He says no, and then Cara asks him if he remembers Kerri Gardner, and if he likes her.
• Paul does the deer-in-the-headlights thing, if you can even do that over the phone, and doesn't say a word.
• Cara says bye, and Paul calls Joey.
• Cara's his girlfriend, so Joey explains that they were scamming him—Kerri was listening in on the other line to see what Paul would say.
• Paul wonders whether Kerri is still going out with the guy she was with at the carnival, and asks Joey to let him know if he finds out. Interesting…
• Then he thinks about it for a while, and comes to the happy conclusion that Kerri Gardner must like him.
• Gee, we miss middle school. Not.