that night , they studied together in the library . but now she was n't even going to sit down , let alone log on . like a real whip , it flashed across the clearing after her . all this was delivered while she was writing , head down . as he grinned as if at a private joke , something inside her snapped . because this was jake and he was listening intently , interested in what she had to say and how it related to his past and to them . surely there was some other explanation . 