Velma.”
'What did you call me?' Liz said, whipping her head around.
'Like you're not completely Velma?' Maria teased.
'If anybody's Daphne, it's me,' Liz said defiantly.
'You've got… ”
'Hold on,' Max said. He smiled. 'Are you telling me that all girls see themselves as either Daphne or Velma?”
'Well, yeah,' Liz and Maria said in unison.
'See, you're either the hot one with the cute boyfriend, or the smart one in the bad orange sweater,' Maria said.
'I don't know, I like Velma,' Max said seriously.
'You're kidding me,' Liz replied.
'Yeah, smart girls are hot,' he said. 'Besides, do you realize what a killer body she has under that sweater?' Max said.
Liz laughed out loud, saying, 'I didn't realize you watched so closely.”
'I'm only human. At least only half-human,' Max cor- rected himself.
Everyone laughed at that, Liz noticed. Even Isabel, which Liz was glad to see.
There was more laughter and lots of talk about nothing. Though she wouldn't remember a single thing that she and her friends discussed, Liz knew she would remember that morning for a long time.
