Every time I closed my eyes, the scene up on Mount Battie replayed behind my eyelids. Caleb had dropped me off at home, promising that he would be back in a few days. I was dizzy from the twists and turns between us, not to mention the kisses. He didn’t explain about his girlfriend, and I didn’t ask, but I just wasn’t the type of person who would actively go after someone else’s boyfriend. I prided myself on the fact that I could never be that girl. I couldn’t allow myself to follow the direction my thoughts had taken last night, that Caleb felt the same way I did. If I continued down that road it would only lead to disappointment. His relationship meant any other outcome was impossible. I scribbled a note to say I was borrowing Lewis’s pickup for an hour and took a banana from the fruit bowl on the table in the kitchen, leaving the note in its place where it could be easily seen. I was out the door before the rest of the family even stirred.
