GINGER:

The entire evening, I can't stop thinking about the text. I want to back out now, but Caspian already has the notion I don't really like him-which isn't totally true. Everything was fine until last night, and boy, do I wish I could erase Hu from my memory.

"Remember, you have to be home before nine!" Mother yells as I make my way out the door.

I wish I'd get hit by a truck, I mutter under my breath, flagging down a taxi.

**

As the taxi pulls up in front of Caspian's house, I feel like a ...