The Beginning of Everything
By: Robyn Schneider Presentation by:Paige Bodart
Book Summary
Later in the story, Ezra finds out she never had a different boyfriend and that the night of homecoming was the one year anniversary of her brother's death. He instantly regrets things he had said to her. He goes to her house with a surprise he had been working on. However, something happens that morning that changed how he thought of the world from then on; something tragic.
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Cassidy starred at the carpet. Tucked her hair behind her ears. Smiled sadly.
"Life is the tragedy," she said bitterly. "You know how they categorize Shakespeare's plays, right? If it ends with a funeral, it's a tragedy. So we're all living tragedies, because we all end the same way, and it isn't with a wedding."
"Well, thanks for that. That clears everything up nicely. We're all prisoners. Wait no-we're living tragedies, just passing time till our funerals."
Cassidy scowled at this, but I didn't care. I was furious with her for being there, for being miserable, for refusing to explain.
"No one's dead, Cassidy," I said harshly. "I can't decide whether you're just crazy, or a liar, or someone who likes hurting people. You're all riddles and quotes and you can't give me a straight answer about anything and I'm tired of waiting of waiting for you to realize that you owe me one."
I hadn't meant to go off like that, and I wasn't exactly using my indoor voice when I said any of those things. Cassidy studied the carpet for a long moment, and when she glanced up at me, a tropical storm was churning in her eyes. Two tears slid down her cheeks.
"I don't owe you anything," Cassidy sobbed."and you're right, I do wish we'd never met."
She rushed past me, taking the stairs, where she knew I couldn't follow.
"Yeah, well, so do I!" I called after her, not meaning it but not caring.
This piece of dialogue in the story plays an important part in the climax of the story; when Ezra finds out someone is dead and that person is Cassidy's brother.