The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss

Seventeen-year-old Evie Beckham has never been interested in dating. Sheâs fully occupied by her love of math and her frequent battles with anxiety. Besides, sheâs always found the idea of kissing to be kind of weird and pretty unsanitary, when you think about it. But with the help of her therapist and her support system, sheâs feeling braver. Maybe even brave enough to enter a prestigious physics competition or to say yes to the new boy whoâs been flirting with her. Evieâs best friend, Caleb, has always been a little in love with Evie, and though he knows she isnât ready for romance, he hopes that when she is, sheâll choose him. So Caleb is horrified when he is forced to witness Evieâs meet-cute with a floppy-haired, mathematically gifted transfer student. In desperation, Caleb decides to use an online forum to capture Evieâs interest. When it goes better than he couldâve wished for, he wonders if itâs possible to be jealous of himself. And Evie wonders how she went from eschewing romance to having to choose between twoâor is it three?âboys.