Five
Beth waited impatiently on Nick’s couch while he stood in the hallway and talked with his girlfriend, wishing they could head out to Northstar already. True, she could have left last night, but Nick had had hall duty until midnight last night—a regular part of his RA duties—and the thought of facing her family without him there to support her had terrified her enough that she had decided to wait. At any rate, they hadn’t told either her parents or his that he wasn’t playing football anymore, and neither family was expecting them until later today. Saturday. Had it already been three days? Or only three days?
Neil Ericksen had repaired her door Thursday morning, but she hadn’t been able to stay in her room for more than five minutes. Fear of crossing paths with Trey, more so even tha
