Eye Contact by Heron Djenne Canvasback

Chapter Thirteen: No Signal

(Team Armada, week twelve, den)

"Mixed signals are no signals," Demesne says.

"What are you talking about?" Jessamine asks.

Jessamine: "If someone can't make up their mind, then you make it up for them."

Demesne: "How can you make somebody go along with that?"

Jessamine: "You don't have to deal with them."

Demesne: "What if you see them every day?"

Jessamine: "They had everyday to make up their mind and they didn't."

Demesne: "How do you walk away when the other person is still standing there?"

Jessamine: "You take a deep breath and you move on."

Demesne: "What if they want to talk to you?"

Jessamine: "Don't talk back."

Demesne: "What if they threaten themselves or you?"

Jessamine: "They need help then. You can't give in, because you don't have what they need."

Demesne: "My ex was like that. He went through with it. He died for and because of me."

(Team Coup, study)

"Have you ever had a stalker?" Chanel asks.

"No, but my best friend did," Pixie says.

Chanel: "I had one. He would stuff love letters in my locker."

Pixie: "Did you know who it was?"

Pixie: "He never signed his name."

Chanel: "Didn't he want you to know who he was?"

Pixie: "I think that he wanted me to find him."

Chanel: "How could you find him without his information?"

Pixie: "You'll have to ask him. Whoever he is."

Chanel: "What did the letters says?"

Pixie: "That he was in love with me and would wait for me."

Chanel: "That's all?"

Pixie: I just summarized it. He also talked about what he wanted to do to me."

Chanel: "Yuck, my best friend knew who her stalker was."

Pixie: "Who was it?"

Chanel: "He was popular and would deny doing it."

Pixie: "How did she find out that it was him?"

Chanel: "He got her number."

Pixie: "Why didn't she block him?"

Chanel: "She ignored him. She didn't know what he would do to her if she did that."

Pixie: "How did it end?"

Chanel: "She told on him and he ran away. He was found and she pressed charges. He eventually stopped."

Pixie: "I wish that I knew who he was."

(Team Corsair, courtyard)

"Would you go to jail for someone?" Legacy asks. "I can't think of anyone."

"I would go for someone who I'm close to," Genesis says.

Legacy: "Did you ever care about someone before Selene?"