"I don't know," he answered. It was the first thing he could think of to say, but he immediately shook his head. He knew. He knew exactly what he wanted, but it just... It wasn't right for so many reasons.

"That's not what I'm trying to do." If it was, wouldn't he have sat right there at the stage, made certain that Eli knew he was there, watching... being lecherous? He's silent a moment, trying to pull something coherent out of his brain and failing, to his own dismay.

"I'm sorry," he finally settled on. "About the other day in the library. But you can't do things like that at the school!"