Melody “Alex, please, listen to me. I didn’t know what he was going to do. It’s not like I invited him to kiss me.” We were standing in the dark corner of the gym as the school dance continued without us. I thought everything was fine by the way Alex acted in the garden, like he believed me, but when we got inside the gym, he said he wasn’t feeling well and wanted to go home. “You’re going to leave me here with my stalker on the loose?” He’d looked at me sullenly and snorted. “Oh, come on, Melody. You’ve got both Davenport men chasing after you like dogs plus Nancy, Janice, and Noriko are here.” I nodded with understanding and pushed off from him. “Oh, it’s like that, huh? You obsessed over me for two years then after we finally had s*x, you drop me like a bad habit.” I shoved a finge

