she turned as if to see something in the darkness behind her . `` dude , we 're not judging , '' hunter replied , sounding sincere . `` instead- '' `` instead , i have school to finish . '' `` or so says the drama queen . '' the lot itself was wrecked ; the buildings not much better , but hundreds of new cars and trucks sat on the cracked pavement , or pointed their noses or tails at the sky where they were half buried . 