The Baby-sitters thought Mary Anne and Logan would be together forever...

I went into Dad and Sharon's room. I closed the door. Right away I thought, I could stop now if I wanted to. I don't have to call Logan.

But I called him anyway. Without even hesitating. I just picked up the receiver and punched the buttons.

Logan answered the phone. "Hi!" he said, when he heard my voice. He probably thought I was calling to apologize. He sounded as if he would accept my apology.

"Logan," I began, "this isn't going to be easy for me to say, but I'm calling -"

"To apologize, right?"

"Well, not really," I told him. "I'm calling because I think we need to cool our relationship a little. I think - "

Logan interrupted me again. "Cool our relationship? Why?

"I'm going to tell you, if you'll, um, if you'll just let me talk."

"All right, all right."

"I think we've been seeing too much of each other," I said. "I feel like you're - you're overtaking my life. You plan everything for us. You always want to be with my - and I do like being with you - but, I don't know. I guess I feel like you don't understand me very well anymore..." I trailed off.

There was a pause. The Logan said, "Okay," in an odd-sounding voice.

"Let's try cooling things for a few weeks," I went on, my voice beginning to quiver. (I just could not believe what I was doing.) "Then when we've had some time apart, we'll pick things up again."

"Okay."

"Well... good-bye."

"Good-bye. Good night," said Logan.

I hung up the phone. Then I burst into tears.

I cried for a long time.

Mary Anne vs. Logan
Published by Scholastic Inc. 1996
ISBN: 590435701