It took forever to get enough time to get 10k words together for chapter 8, but ten days ago I succeeded and made a new post. Fresh with that excitement, I dove right into the next scene in the next chapter. I had mapped out 7 scenes, a little more than my usual 4 or 5, but a few days later when I finished the first of those 7 I was 4k words in. I loved the scene, but didn't look forward to another 6 before I posted, so I just went with it as it was.
Trying not to spoil anything, in this chapter the teens ponder the meaning of The Life of Brian while I also take contrasting looks at how girls might respond to a shy guy who can't stop looking but goes no further.
Foreshadowing, foreshadowing...
I'm into the second half of act two, starting to head downhill for the deep and dark third and final act.