Chapter 10Less than a half an hour later, Kit and Hailee were both in a back booth at Mel’s Diner, nursing two milkshakes and sharing a large order of fries. Hailee delighted in the whipped cream on top of her strawberry shake right away, dipping the fries into it with gusto, while Kit let the cream on her chocolate shake melt down to the gooey centre.
“So what do you think?” Hailee asked. She gestured to the retro posters on the wall for the 50 Foot Woman and the juke box that glowed neon in the corner. A cut-out of Elvis was at the front, acting as a mock hostess, and there were a group of first years posing with him now. “It’s a little tacky, but it’s the place where most of us from the improv group go to decompress.”
“Decompress?” Kit asked, snatching a fry. “It seems a bit loud for
