5 Summary

The boy's name turns out to be Ben Carter. Ben is the new kid who has supposedly killed his girlfriend. Camelia and Kimmie are waiting near his locker as classes let out for the day. When he arrives, Camelia thanks him for saving her life, but Ben ignores her at first. He then says that it wasn't he who saved her, that she has him confused with someone else. He then leaves.

5 Analysis

Ben Carter is both savior and suspected murderer. Despite the rest of the student body's hostile attitude toward Ben, Camelia is friendly toward him. She reasons that this is because he has saved her life. Ben, however, denies any involvement with saving Camelia's life, which only further frustrates her and complicates Camelia's curiosity. Their first encounter has set about an obvious path, that somehow both characters' fates will become intertwined.