Beau snorted in amusement. "Yeah, that's what a lot of my teachers said. I mean, some of them also said it was the only way some stuff was ever going to sink into my hard head, but that was a fair assessment. Look, if it happens I'll back you up on the not being an asshole part."

She could be magnanimous about that! She'd already decided Verity was pretty cool, anyway.

"So like, congrats on getting stuck with Liam, I guess. He's a good guy, you know?"

Yeah. Giving effective compliments: still definitely not her strong point.