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By the tiet to lunch, I am exhausted Justin’s body is worn down from too little sleep and I, inside of it, aht

I wait for her at Justin’s locker The first bell rings The second bell rings No Rhiannon Maybe I was supposed to otten where they alwaysShe finds ive up The halls are nearly empty, the cattle call has passed She comes closer than she did before

"Hey," I say

"Hey," she says

She is looking to me Justin is the one who s out Justin is the one who says what they’re going to do

It depresses me

I have seen this tooup with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can’t deal with the fear of being alone The hope tinged with doubt, and the doubt tinged with hope Every tihsin Rhiannon’s face that’s entleness there A gentleness that Justin will never, ever appreciate I see it right away, but nobody else does

I take all my books and put thehtly on her arm

I have no idea what I’o soh now to see that her eyes are blue I ah to see how blue her eyes are

"I don’t know," she replies

I take her hand

"Coer restlessness--it’s recklessness At first we’re walking hand in hand Then we’re running hand in hand That giddy rush of keeping up with one another, of zoo that’s not us into an inconsequential blur We are laughing, we are playful We leave her books in her locker and , into the air, the real air, the sunshine and the trees and the less burdenso the rules as I leave the school I aet into Justin’s car I anition

"Where do you want to go?" I ask again "Tell o"

I don’t initially realize how o to the mall, I will disconnect If she says, Take me back to your house, I will disconnect If she says, Actually, I don’t want to miss sixth period, I will disconnect And I should disconnect I should not be doing this