Anna had allowed herself to believe that Eddie liked her as someone more than a friend. When he would talk to her at the beginning of each day before English class, she could not help but realize that he was flirting with her. Sometimes he would tell her that she looked pretty. But most of all, he provided her with the attention that she had not received within years past. Sure, she could at any time reassure herself that a compliment is not indicative of flirting, but even so, her naive disposition allowed her to believe that it was. Anna wanted to be loved. She wanted to be accepted. No matter what, this was something that she would always want. Whether or not this quality would bring about her demise was something that she did not know at this time.

Nevertheless, she was rather frustrated over what had happened on Valentine’s Day. If he had liked her, as Jade had stated, then why would he tell Lisa that he loved her? Did Eddie really love Lisa? After all, they had known each other since middle school. They had been friends for a long time. Perhaps he had liked her all along. But if he did, then why did he then date Jade? And Anna still wanted to know why she had never seen Jade and Eddie together when they were dating. That really bothered her and confused her. 

Anna never stopped to think that perhaps Eddie, Jade, and Lisa were just as confused as she. High school can be a very difficult and dramatic transition period. Love is not always the concrete thing that we desire it to become. However, Anna just never contemplated this. Rather, she always believed that it was she. That she was just not good enough for Eddie, and that he was too afraid to tell her why. 

Anna walked down the hallway and thought to herself “Why is it that I am good enough to lead on and flirt with, but that I am never good enough to love?” She then stopped in her private reverie as she saw Lisa and Barbara standing there. This would not result in any pleasant exchange of words.

To Anna’s dismay, Barbara was the instigator. She always liked to judge other people’s character, and to blame other people for their problems, as well as her own problems. The thing about Barbara was that she never liked to blame herself, especially if she were the cause of the problem.