The next day, I was already packing up my stuff by the time Mae got home from school. "What... what are you doing?" Mae asked when she saw me put my clothes back in the duffel bag.

"Packing," I said. "I already told you that I'm leaving tonight."

"You actually are?" Mae asked. "I thought you would have wanted to stay."

"Yeah, so did I," I said. "But things obviously aren't working out between us, so it would be best if I just left today."

"Is that... is that a break up line?" Mae asked.

"I don't know, Mae," I said. "I don't know about anything that's going on between...