Who knows what he was trying to do out there? I don't think he's the violent type or anything, but maybe he'd been drinking in the track team captain's garage before the dance with Charles. He knew for sure that this time when I said we were through, I meant it, so it's not like he'd be trying to get back together with me, right? I don't know what he could have been thinking or what he was trying to do! I was so confused!

David gets so creepy like that, playing these little games with me--that's one of the reasons I dumped him. Why does he act like that?

"Hey, do you have a light?" some girl asked me. It was some sleazy junior that I'd seen around campus. I remember when she was a freshman and didn't make cheerleader try-outs, and now she just hangs out at the park and smokes during lunch.

"No," I told her, and tried to look indignant. It's hard to do when you're about to cry.