(They walk into the garden. Ensemble makes cricket noises.)

MEG: So we’ve got corn, and the last of the green beans, and pumpkins over there—this is really the twins’ garden, they take care of it mostly—and the orchard’s back there and—why are you looking so…goofy?

CALVIN: Am I? I can’t help it. You know what being here is like? It’s like, I don’t know, I’m not alone anymore!

MEG: But you’re never alone! You play basketball, you’re good in school, everyone likes you.

CALVIN: For all the most unimportant reasons. It’s not really me. There hasn’t been anybody I could really talk to. Here, I feel differently.

MEG: You do?

CALVIN: Yeah. Hey, maybe we weren’t meant to meet before this. I mean, I knew who you were in school, but I didn’t know you. I’m glad we’ve met now, Meg. We’re going to be