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doesn’t.”
    But for the first time there were clouds in his blue sky eyes. There was something he wasn’t telling me. I stood up again. Touch or no touch, warm, cozy feeling or not, I was out of there.
    â€œWait,” Walker said. “I’m sorry. Sorry. Jed told me Luisa’s with her father.”
    â€œHer mother doesn’t think so.”
    He frowned, swallowed hard. For once I knew something he didn’t. “When did you talk to her?”
    â€œLast night—actually very early this morning. I went over to Luisa’s. Her mother’s really scared. She thought I might know where Luisa is. Why would she think that? Plus I found Luisa’s favorite Frisbee in front of my house. Something is going on and it seems I’m involved whether I like it or not.”
    â€œYou’re not,” Walker said. “You can’t worry about it. Listen to me.”
    â€œWhy should I listen to you?”
    â€œTomorrow at midnight this will all be settled.”
    â€œYou’re not making any sense.” In the bright, spring sun, I suddenly got the chills. I put my hands over my eyes. I swayed, nauseated. Walker put his hand on my arm and the nausea went away. Everything went away. I was weightless, floating.
    â€œOh.” Walker said. “I wish… I wish—”
    â€œLeave her alone.” It was Trevor. I crashed back to earth, opened my eyes.
    â€œI’m not doing anything.” Walker jumped to his feet.
    â€œThen why is she crying?”
    I didn’t know I had been. “I’m crying for my friend!”
    â€œI heard about Luisa,” Trevor said. “Everybody’s talking about her. I’ll help you find her.”
    â€œYou will?”
    â€œWe can drive around. We’ll find her. Come on.”
    â€œRight now?”
    He nodded and just like the day before I was ready to skip school and go with him. His mischievous smile, his smooth skin, his shiny eyes made me want to go, do, try new things. He shook back his shaggy hair. “Right now,” he said.
    â€œDon’t go anywhere with him.”
    â€œIt’s none of your business,” I said to Walker.
    â€œNone of your business,” Trevor repeated.
    Walker’s angry words came out in a growl. “You don’t care about her. This is about you and what you want.”
    â€œShe knows how I feel.” Trevor stood in front of me. “Don’t you, October? You know how I feel about you.” He looked into my eyes and cupped my face with his large hands. His touch didn’t make me go warm and relaxed. Instead, my palms began to sweat. My heart began to race. And then the itch returned. My arm, my neck, between my shoulder blades. I put my hand on Trevor’s arm. It was like a rock. But I had to scratch. It wasn’t attractive, but I had to. I stepped away from both of them and my head cleared although the itch continued. I scratched. I had to.
    â€œSee what you did?” Walker said.
    Trevor just grinned. “I see what’s happening to her. What’s about to happen.” He turned to me. “October. Let’s go.”
    It was more a command than an invitation and that didn’t make me happy.
    Walker frowned. “Please stay with me.”
    That was nicer and he was sweet, but so weird and half the time I couldn’t understand what he was talking about. At least Trevor was my age. I’d never had any guy seriously interested in me. Now it seemed I had two. I looked from one to the other. Trevor’s face was broad, his hands large, and his fingernails were not exactly clean, but his eyes were like a puppy’s and his olive skin was perfect. Walker was so handsome, almost too handsome—he made me feel inadequate—and, as I’ve said before, he felt familiar in some way. The morning bell rang and everyone began to file into school. I had to go. Walker put his hand on my shoulder. I gave a little jolt as