Hopeless

On her morning run, Sky thinks about Holder. When Holder appears on the sidewalk, Sky is “stupidly, pathetically happy” (81). He assures Sky that he only asked about other boys because he felt from the moment they met that this was something different. The two promise to be honest with each other. Sky asks whether Holder beat up a gay student. Yes, he says, and “if the bastard was standing in front of me right now, I’d do it again” (84). Seeing anger in his eyes, Sky says she cannot run with him today.

Sky receives a long letter from Six in Italy, the first, Six assures her, of many. Six tells Sky she has already met a guy, named Lorenzo, and then she tells Sky how much she misses talking to her.

The pranks continue at school, but Sky does not care that much. She decides against trying out for the track team. High school has been pretty much the nightmare she thought it might be. Brecklin tells her that he saw Holder peeling off some of the worst notes left on her locker.

Grayson, one of the boys interested in pursuing Sky, meets Sky at her car after school.