The Field Guide to the North American Teenager — by Ben Philippe Chapter 9 - 12
OBSERVABLE CHARACTERISTICS: Fidgeting, awkward body language, strained laughter, giggling, neck-straining in an attempt to make eye contact. COMMON PLACES OF OCCURRENCE: Hallway lockers, the cafeteria, sticky-floored basement of a keg party, empty classrooms, janitorial closets. Instead of finding another corner of the party to bury himself in, Norris claimed the couch for the following hour. It was not at all on the vague chance that Aarti might make good on her word and come back looking for him, which she hadn’t, by the way...