Conner needed a little time away.
When you put your heart out there to the woman you love and just have her stare at you, it's not that easy to just go back to pretending it didn't happen. Because it did. In the end, he loved someone who didn't love him back. He had no idea why she didn't love him. Did he push her? Was she still just afraid about having a baby? Was it him?
He felt horrible, like everything hurt, even pretending to smile while he spoke with one of his friends. He wasn't fully paying attention, just nodding when he thought he should as he sipped from a cup of fruit punch. He'd heard they were going to spike the punch but apparently the bottle was confiscated before they had a chance to pour it. Conner wasn't a drinker but he could use a little release right about now. Just
