Love and friendship

Balancing relationships between love and friendship is a theme in the book. Blake has a girlfriend, Shannon, and a friend that is a girl, Marissa. Blake tries to maintain his desire to be with Shannon, his first official girlfriend, and wanting to be a supportive, stable friend to Marissa. He wants to be a loyal and trustworthy boyfriend. His brother's non-girlfriend publically teases Blake about having 2 girlfriends, which upsets him.

Blake is attracted to Shannon and desires to have an intimate relationship with her. He tries to disregard the advice from his brother about paying too much attention to his girlfriend. Blake truly enjoys spending time with Shannon and cannot wait until he can have an easier way to get around with a driver's license. He deeply cares for her and would not try to intentionally hurt her. Blake and Shannon have a connection that they...