I gaze out the window at my parents’ house, trying to figure out how I’m going to continue keeping Del a secret from them when pretty much everybody else knows we’re a couple. Somebody’s standing on the periphery of my parents’ property, smoking a cigarette. I can’t make out who it is—my contacts are out, and I’m wearing an old pair of glasses with a slightly weak prescription—but it’s undoubtedly someone who doesn’t understand the consequences if the headmaster himself catches you smoking. It’s one thing to stink and blame it on the cleaning ladies; it’s entirely another to be caught red-handed by someone other than Digger. As I’m staring out the window, somebody comes up behind me and wraps their arms around me. I don’t need to turn around to know that it’s Stephanie. Her touch gives me a weary sense of comfort. I like having her here because I know her so well; at the same time, there’s a small part of me wishing that she was somebody else—maybe Renee, or even Del.
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