- Stephanie
attended the regional school across the county. She was never that
close to Drew or Theresa in the beginning. Drew awkwardly tried to
make out with her at a party once before she politely informed him
that she was much more interested in making out
with his female
companions.
- A
few weeks later Theresa and Drew were watching a movie in his room
when the phone rang. It was Amber, who was barely comprehendable
between screams and tears.
- They
arrived at the hospital just in time to see Stephanie's alcoholic
mother berating her.
- And
broken Stephanie was.
- Drew
and Stephanie had photography together. They barely spoke. For
once, Drew just kept his mouth shut and did not blurt out any number
of random forms of bullshit.
- Upon reconciling
with Amber years later, Drew found out Stephanie had been in and out
of psychiatric wards.
- That evening, after
spending the
afternoon walking in the woods and trying to cry his way through the
latest, and deepest, black hole his young life had spiraled into, he
saw a girl from his class named Trish standing at the edge of the
high school soccer field.
