“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...