"What are you doing tonight?" I asked, but from the look on his face, he thought I wanted to get together and do something.
"Not much, homework mainly. What about you?"
I decided that telling him at least some of the truth was best. And I wanted to tell him the truth. Something about Zac made me not want to keep secrets from him. I sighed, and then replied, "Going to the city with my father." I didn't add that Annie was going, too.
"Oh," Zac replied, looking at the circles he was drawing on the top of my hand. "Do you need a ride home this afternoon?"
I smiled to myself, thinking. "Yes," I replied. "That would be nice." I would get hold of Annie this afternoon and have her meet us at the house. I paused by the door outside our English Lit. class, leaning against the wall.
Saying no
