"Who is that? Is that Georgia?" Max stared wide eyed at the brunette bouncing down the stairs. "When did she get hot?" Georgia was always Max's favorite of Lucy's friends, and not just because of her personality.

"Max, stop hitting on my friends. It's gross." Lucy rolled her eyes and turned away from her brother.

"Does she need a ride home?"

"No, Max. She does not. She'll ride the bus."

"Just ask her."

"You ask her."

"Ask her. Georgia!" Georgia looked up from her saddle shoes and waved. Max kneed his sister in the back, trying to get her to ask for him.

"Max wants to know if you need a ride home." Georgia approached the car thoughtfully, nodding at the stranger sitting next to Max.

"Sure. Thanks, Max. Anything to get off the bus." The guys slid off the car and Max walked around to the drivers side. The stranger held the front door open for Lucy, and motioned for Georgia to hop in to the back first. Georgia scooted over behind Max.

"Ladies, this is Jude. Jude, my sister Lucy and her friend Georgia." Georgia nodded again as Lucy turned around in her seat to talk to Jude. "So, Georgia," Max began once Jude and Lucy were caught up in conversation. Georgia leaned forward to hear him better, nearly leaning her head against his. "How have you been?"

"Fine. How about you at your big fancy college?" Max sighed

"Hardly working. Business and law are not for me. But what about you mrs. Future lawyer? How many Ivy Leagues have you been accepted to so far?" It was Georgia's turn to sigh.

"Rejected from everywhere I applied."

"Well," Max said, turning his head to make eye contact with her, "Maybe the world just isn't ready for you yet."