He's peeking and normally she'd chide him about it, but right now it feels good to know that she doesn't have to tell him. She doesn't have to explain how she's not only been stood up but that he's off with some other girl.

"Maybe it's me," she mumbles. Maybe it's something about her that makes it okay to leave her without saying a word. Maybe she's just setting herself up to be abandoned over and over and over again. Charles is the only who's ever stayed by her through everything. Temper tantrums, fights, everything.