Annie knew that she was going to have to go talk to Conner. She shouldn't have walked away. It was all she could think about. She should have stayed, and she should have been able to talk to her boyfriend like a normal human being. She wasn't the type that just let someone make her feel bad. And she knew Conner. He wasn't the type of person to make someone feel badly. She needed to talk to him. Sitting on the front steps of school, she wondered where he would be. Classes had ended just a short time ago and while everyone else had exited through the side and cafeteria doors, she waited out front. She knew that Conner's dad picked him up and she wanted to see him. Figuring this would be the best time, she waited but she didn't see him, or his dad's truck. Had he left early? She wonder

