We were sitting on my bed, looking at our computer.

"So um, they're gonna take our computer away" she informed me. "For evidence so if you have anything on there then-"

"It's okay." I said. "Uh do you have anything? Emails from Spinner or something?" It was a tender moment for both of us.

Darcy shook her head. "I don't want to remember."

I faced her. "It's okay Darce."

Darcy shook her head again and said, "No. No everyone's gonna know at school about how I'm a hypocrite." She was slightly whimpering.

"Nobody's gonna find out. I'll punch them." I smiled.

She turned to look at me. "You're good Clare. You're really good."

"You are too Darce." I reassured her. "You just got a little turned around, is all."

"I think it's a teensy bit more complicated than that. I'm pretty mixed up." She told me, almost crying.

"A person can be good and mixed up all at the same time." We held hands.

"Yeah okay." She said. I rested my head on her shoulder. "I hope you're right.