The decision to tell their friends about their new, official status was a strategic one.
"We can't just let them keep guessing," Nina said, as they walked to school on Monday morning, their hands swinging between them. "Jake is going to have an aneurysm from the sheer, unanalyzed social data. And Ruby already knows. She's just too polite to say anything."
"And Thea?" Kofi asked.
"Thea has known since before we did," Nina said with a laugh. "She's basically a teenage oracle. She probably has a detailed, cross-referenced file on our entire relationship in her sketchbook somewhere."
They decided to tell them at lunch, a casual, low-stakes announcement.
They sat at their usual table, the early spring sun warm on their faces. Jake was in the middle of a detailed explanation of a new video game he was playing.
