Stepp raised his hands in defeat and marched back to his office.
Vicki shook her jelly bracelets to her elbow as paranoia set in. Had I done something wrong? Should I have made the first real move? Maybe he was waiting for me to kiss him. Maybe he’s been thinking of me the same way I’ve been thinking of him and is feeling frustrated that he gave me a clear-cut signal that he wanted me, and I didn’t follow through. Yeah, that’s the ticket. That’s gotta be what it is.
Vicki giggled when the term “emotional blue balls” popped into her head. She returned to staring out the window, only this time, she felt much better about Stepp’s manic behavior toward her; she now knew it was because she didn’t act on her urges to give him what he wanted.
Melissa Smith entered Salem High’s cafeteria and he
