The rest of the weekend ended up being chaotically busy, and it wasn’t just Ben’s annoying calls that were keeping me busy. Between robberies and violence downtown, I was kept out nearly every night far too late. Spending my days at school passed out on my desk, I was getting pretty good at sleeping upright. My grades though, were another story. I was doing the bare minimum for school work, but as long as I graduated, it didn’t matter.
The worst part of all of it, was how little time I’d had for Allison. I hadn’t seen her since Monday, besides the odd glance across the hallway. One that was never returned in my direction. Not that I, as Alex, deserved any of her attention. I’d lost that years ago when I messed things up with her in middle school.
By Friday, I was desperate. Landing on
