For starters, Nat and Ben appear to be history. Serious history. Oh, Nat still has her moments when she thinks they could get back together, but I keep reminding her of the facts and giving her small doses of reality—not to depress her, but just to keep her head in the present. Caitlin and Josh and Mr. and Mrs. O’Conner confronted Ben in the apartment later that same day we moved Nat out. I guess Ben had a pretty bad hangover, which made it even easier for them to make their point. Kind of an intervention, really. And it sounds like they did it in love, which was better than I probably would’ve done. I seriously wanted to lay into that boy. But as Nat keeps reminding me, I need to forgive him. I’m amazed at how easily she can forgive him. What’s up with that? “It’s partly my fault,” she told me on Monday. It was the first night she came to stay at our house. Nat’s mom is too angry to allow Nat to go home just yet—if ever. And maybe it’s for the best. We’ve got plenty of room here, and Nat seems to appreciate it.
