There had been a point along the line in the last seven weeks where Susan had fallen in love with Robert Mallory and I couldn’t have imagined anything more hopeless happening than this—at least socially—because it could only be hidden for so long and once it was revealed everything would get altered, everyone’s relationships would become rearranged, sides would be chosen and this would completely change the mood of our senior year, and I was afraid it would ruin Thom, no matter how sunny and strong he appeared on the surface.
