He got to the stairwell and walked out onto the landing. She was buying the newspapers to throw them away. And his heart felt like it skipped a beat with that knowledge. He might have just fallen a little bit more in like with her just then.

"Just... just hopin' they don't put me on suspension. I... I don't know. My dad called. Don't know what I wanna do." He was rambling. Thoughts sporadic and disjointed.