Everything. And even though she’s talking my ear off, I’m glad because I don’t have to say anything. All I have to do is act like I’m listening. Of course, I’m still feeling horrible, not just because I still have a little bit of the flu left but because of the way I went behind her back and did it with Nashawn. There’s no way to make myself feel better about that. And there never will be. It just wasn’t right Darnell is standing right in front of the school when we get there, and I’m wondering if it’s just a coincidence that we’re both out there at the same time, or if he was actually waiting for me. Adonna nudges me with her hand and I walk over to him while she goes to stand with Malcolm and Craig and some girls I don’t really know. “Hey, Kendra,” Darnell says, smiling but trying to be cool at the same time. “You feeling any better?” “Yeah,” I say. “And I couldn’t take it laying in that bed for another day.” “I know what that’s like,” he says, then stops talking and looks down.
