`` your time for control is over . me a senior and him a freshman , i was worried . benny said hed make him sorry . it 's not me who comes across as needing a rabies shot . '' he understood what it was like to be all alone . and run if you need to . '' i played with the hem of my new shirt . the ringing bell gave her license to drag him away to the relative safety of her classroom , where she all but slammed the door in the faces of her students ' parents . 