TAYLOR

"Oh, thank goodness that she is gone," Vanessa sighs, flicking her hair over her shoulder as she stands up and sits in front of me.

"What?" I had understood what she meant, but I did not know why it surprised ME. Wasn't this the kind of person that she was?

"That girl, the nerd," she said as if she was trying to clarify who she was talking about so I wouldn't get it mixed up. "I am glad she is gone." The table falls silent because I do not know what to say in response to that. Vanessa ...