she 'd been older than them , a senior , and had graduated that year and left town . film stuff happens when it happens . being near death was probably the only time she would allow it . so , you 're officially over him - finally free from romantic agony , loose from the clutches of miserable , lonely woe . the dark-haired guy looked about our age , maybe a little older . for a while , she drifted , and there was nothing . frankly , in my opinion , it could have gone on like that indefinitely . 