“Hey.” I nod my head at him, because I know he knows who I am. It seems weird to just act like I don’t see him. Even with the remnants of his one-on-one with the baseball, Aiden is still hard not to look at. He’s about a half-foot taller than me, easily six foot three, and he’s a lot bigger than Ellis—or even Zander—is, with his broad shoulders and muscular upper body. His brown hair is short around the sides and longer on top.

Aiden nods back at me, and looks annoyed that he has to do that much. His eyes are vacant, like he doesn’t know who I am. And then he’s gone, turned toward the kayaks, making marks on the clipboard in his hands. Whatever. Maybe if he hadn’t completely gone off the rails and I still had to see him at baseball games, I would care that he just looked at me like he had no idea who I was. Like we didn’t go to the same school for most of our lives. I turn to follow Ellis over to a small wooden podium that looks like maybe it’s used to register people. It’s a giant stump covered in glossy lacquer.

“Thanks for seeing me, Ellis—” I feel like I should call him by his last name since he’s interviewing me, but he also looks like he’s about my age.

“Emerson,” he finishes for me.

“Oh, you guys are—” I nod at Aiden, now in the distance.

“Cousins.” Ellis pulls a paper out from the podium and sets it in front of me. “Fill out this top section. Make sure you include the emergency contact. That’s not optional.” He highlights the words in blue, and runs his finger down to the next section labeled AVAILABILITY. “Mark all the days and times you’d be available.”

“I’m available any time.” I draw a long skinny circle around the entire week. “I have zero life right now.”

Ellis smiles. “Excellent.” He hovers over me while I fill in my address, birthday, and school info. He hands me another sheet of yellow paper. “This goes over dress code. You’ll get two RD tank tops, two shirts, and a hoodie, but you’ll need to provide your own khaki shorts.” He checks something off on his own clipboard. “Sneakers, no sandals. You’re likely to break toes if you drop a boat on them.”