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"She had to admit he'd surprised her with that one. No lecture, no orders, no laying down the law. Pretty much the opposite of how Mom would have handled it. She shook her head and walked to the bedroom, wondering if anyone or anything was normal down here," (Page 93). I choose this quote because I thought it had a great deal of significance to the story. There were several quotes I could have picked in 132 pages, but I picked this one. It has a connection to the protagonist, Ronnie's relationship with her dad and her mom. Her relationship with her Mom is the typical relationship of a teenage girl and her mom. Love is obviously there, but not always shown. Fighting often happens about insignificant situations that seem to be a huge deal at the time. Her relationship with her dad, yet, it's far more complex. Her mother and him had gotten divorced about three years previous to the time she was sent by her mother to live with her dad for the summer. Ronnie became distance and cold to her father after the divorce. She refused to talk to him, and never open the letters he sent her. But, Steve still tried to be as fatherly as he could. This is probably surprising to you because you would think that a father would lecture, order, and lay down the law. Steve had his own way of doing things. He tried to be as understanding and cooperative with Ronnie's eccentric and rude ways of expressing her feelings. After coming back way after curfew, Steve didn't yell at her, which would've most likely got Ronnie fired up and instead of chipping away at the distance between them, it would've made it grow. Summarize the relationship that you think Will and Ronnie have now. Then predict what their relationship will be in a few chapters. The relationship between Will and Ronnie, I feel, is unclear at this point. I can only deduce their feelings about each other. It is somewhat obvious that will finds Ronnie very interesting and wants to get to know her. He is starting to develop feelings for her even though he doesn't truly know her. She thinks he's nowhere near her type, a stuck up, muscular, tanned volleyball player, that accidentally spilled soda on her and broke up a fight that she just happened to be near. The relationship I think they will have in a few chapters is a much more developed relationship. I think they will be dating and slowly falling in love with each other during the time they spent together. I can connect to the panicked feeling that Ronnie experiences as the store manager catches her attempting to steal, even though she is innocent. There are times when all of a sudden you feel like you're about to get in a huge amount trouble and just start to panic. It is scary and dreadful feeling where all you can do is wonder what's going to happen the next. I have felt this during gym when I was breaking the rules by passing the scooters around, and the teacher walked in. When she asked whose idea was to pass around the scooters everyone pointed to me. The feeling of panic and fear came across me that I would be in huge trouble. Ronnie felt this as a store manager dial 911 in front of her, and told her the cops were on their way.
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 * My Own Title For Section Read:** The Distance Between Us
 * Date:** April 28, 2010
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