Book Title: Lets Be Friends Short Story

Chapter Three: Kim Smith

Kim Smith, a pragmatic 16-year-old who analyzes situations for "statistically probable outcomes," summarizes her family's move to Memphis as an "Environment Unstable" alert. The move is driven by her mother, Eleanor Smith, a brilliant architect whose genius landed her the lead design role for a major downtown revitalization project. Due to her mother's genius coinciding with her organizational ineptitude, Kim acts as the designated Chief Logistics Coordinator.

The single mother-daughter unit moved into a modern, third-floor apartment within the Memphis High district. The subsequent three days descended into "low-level DIY hell" as they faced an "IKEA invasion." Eleanor, who thinks a hammer is a decorative object, tried to redesign the flat-pack furniture or substitute a missing washer with a Frank Lloyd Wright biography. Kim relied on obscure YouTube tutorials to impose structural integrity on their new home.

Kim also managed her mother's sudden focus on security, humorously pointing out that the biggest threat in their controlled-access building was the elevator. By Sunday, the apartment was functional, and Kim's room was a secure headquarters.

As her mother prepared for her high-stakes meeting, Kim prepared for Memphis High, seeing the new school as the "most complex social engineering problem" since chemistry class. Eleanor's advice "Observation is the architect's first tool" reassures Kim. Ready to apply her intelligence, Kim plans to observe the "optimal trajectory to the library," hoping the cafeteria food isn't a structural hazard.

Book Title: Lets Be Friends Short Story

Author: Warren M. Walker

Publisher: V & W Publishing

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