Sage finds the first note taped to her locker on a Monday, folded into a small square. It says: "Your project presentation last week was really good. Just thought you should know."
星期一，塞奇发现了第一张字条，叠成一个小方块，贴在她的储物柜上。上面写着：“你上周的项目展示真的很棒。只是觉得你应该知道。”
There's no name attached. Sage reads it twice, checks the hallway for anyone watching, and slips it into her bag.
没有署名。塞奇读了两遍，看了看走廊里有没有人在看她，然后把字条塞进了书包。
A second note appears three days later, this time in her backpack pocket. "You always hold the door for people. Most people don't notice that kind of thing, but I do."
三天后出现了第二张字条，这次放在她背包的口袋里。“你总是为别人扶着门。大多数人不会注意到这样的小事，但我注意到了。”
By the fourth note, Sage has started actually looking forward to finding them. Someone is paying closer attention to her than she realized, and whoever it is clearly means well. She just can't figure out who.
到了第四张字条的时候，塞奇已经开始真心期待发现它们了。有个人比她想象的更用心地关注着她，而且不管是谁，显然都怀着善意。她只是猜不出那是谁。
She starts a mental list of suspects. Her best friend Winston denies it immediately, looking genuinely confused by the question. "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't be subtle about it," he says, which is probably true.
她开始在心里列嫌疑人名单。她最好的朋友温斯顿马上否认了，听到这个问题，他看起来是真的一头雾水。“如果是我，我肯定不会这么含蓄。”他说，这话多半是真的。
Her lab partner seems too shy to write anything like this at all. A girl from her art class seems like a possibility. But the handwriting doesn't match anything Sage has seen from her before.
她的实验搭档看起来太害羞，根本不可能写这种东西。美术课上的一个女生看起来有点可能。但是那笔迹跟塞奇以前见过的她的字都对不上。
The fifth note finally gives her something to work with. There's a tiny drawing in the corner, a small cartoon bird. It looks oddly specific, like an inside joke Sage doesn't remember being part of.
第五张字条终于给了她一条线索。在字条的角落里有一幅小小的画，一只卡通小鸟。它看起来特别有针对性，像是一个塞奇不记得自己参与过的内部玩笑。
Then it clicks. In seventh grade, she sat next to a boy named Wilder. He used to doodle the exact same bird on every worksheet, every test, every note passed in class. They haven't spoken much since he switched to a different friend group in eighth grade.
接着，她一下子想起来了。七年级的时候，她旁边坐着一个叫怀尔德的男生。他总是在每张练习卷、每份试卷、每张课堂上传的纸条上，涂画一模一样的小鸟。八年级他换到了另一个朋友圈子之后，他们就没怎么说过话了。
The next day, Sage finds Wilder at his locker before first period. "Nice bird," she says, holding up the note.
第二天，第一节课前，塞奇在怀尔德的储物柜前找到了他。“小鸟画得不错。”她说着，举起了那张字条。
Wilder's ears turn red almost instantly. "I wasn't sure you'd remember that."
怀尔德的耳朵几乎立刻红了。“我不确定你还记不记得那个。”
"I didn't, at first," Sage admits. "But once I saw it, it was pretty obvious."
“一开始我没想起来，”塞奇承认，“但是一看到它，答案就很明显了。”
"I've noticed things about you for a while," Wilder says, not quite meeting her eyes. "I just didn't know how to say any of it out loud without it being weird."
“我注意你已经有一阵子了，”怀尔德说，没有完全看着她的眼睛，“只是我不知道怎么把这些话大声说出来才不显得奇怪。”
"Well, it worked," Sage says. "Weird, but in a good way."
“嗯，这办法管用，”塞奇说，“是有点奇怪，不过是好的那种奇怪。”
