Avery scrunched up her face, but didn't comment. Casper was always grumpy, but she was sure if she had thought more carefully about her actions things might have been different. "I know the love letter thing wasn't my fault, I'm just mad about it. We were like, becoming friends, you know? He was going to teach me how to skateboard. Now everything is all weird." Which really sucked.

"I guess it didn't help that he acted like even the thought of dating me was disgusting." She added, which was really the part she was most upset about. "You know, I try. I try like really hard to be a good person. To be a good captain and friend and student. To... I don't know. Prove something, I guess. That I deserve what I have." It was so natural for some people, to just be who they were. "I think I've just been down this year, because Olivia didn't come back."