Tyler Nixon is lying back on the couch, killing time on his cell phone, when the doorbell rings. He answers it to find his sisters bestfriend Elsa Jean on the porch, backpack slung on her shoulder. As soon as he answers, the teen girl is suddenly nervous and giddy -shes had a not-so-secret crush on him since forever. She energetically says hello to him, even though he barely acknowledges her,hardly looking up from his phone to say a quick hi back. Eagerly, she talks about how nice it is to see him, how she cant wait for thenext sleepover at their house, how she loves his cologne, but always he just mutters a monosyllabic response - uh huh, ok, etc. Giving up on trying to get her crushs attention, Elsa tries to look through the open door Tyler is blocking - Um.. Is Steph around! she asks hesitantly. No, he says, his sisters not home. Elsa looks crestfallen. Steph had promised to help her with her homeworktoday! Sorry, the brother says snidely, guess his sister forgot all about it, she went up to visit her mom out of town, shes stayingthere all weekend. Guess Elsas out of luck. Oh no! she says dismayed, but my certification is on Monday! Who else am I going tofind to
