Dex was disappointed when he saw that Ava was leaving. He watched her walk out the door and then it closed behind her. For a few minutes, the students continued to whisper about her. Dex didn't really pay much attention to what they were saying. High school gossip didn't interest him nearly half as much as Ava herself did. The rest of the lesson just flew right on by because he couldn't pay any attention to it, and for once, his notes were less than thorough.

For lunch, Dex had been eating in the library for the past week, not willing to subject himself to eating lunch alone at one of the tables in the cafeteria, and make it fully clear how much of a pariah he was without any friends to talk to. He went to his usual spot in the library once it and started eating slowly, casting glances around hoping that he'd see Ava again.