Chapter 14

“I was something of a prankster. One time I put a ski mask on my head and used a fake gun on the school secretary so that I could get some of my friends out of detention.”

—Luke Perry.

“Without meaning, learning has no purpose. Without a purpose, schools are houses of detention, not attention.”

—Neil Postman.

“It was just a slight malfunction of character.”

—Cath Crowley.

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Anna’s POV

“You again, we meet again!” Ralph disclosed the moment I walked into the detention office. He smiled brightly and instantly pointed to the seat next to his. I took it without hesitation not because we are close, but because he is the only familiar face in this office at the moment. Other students seem to be either chatting away or looking through the window. And did I forget to include that Ralph was my drive to school today?

Okay, I think it skipped my mind but he did the most surprising and unintelligible thing this morning. He drove to my house