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"Gwen and I were soon inseparable. If you saw one, you saw the other. For me, each day began as I waited for Gwen to come by and fetch me for school"

Annie makes this statement in the beginning of Chapter Three, "Gwen." Annie and Gwen have become best friends at school. Annie uses her relationship with Gwen in an effort to mollify the pain that she feels over being betrayed by her mother. Annie realizes that her mother and she might not always be together, so she finds another, Gwen, with whom she can cling on to. Her relationship with Gwen also serves as a means of revenge against her mother. Since her mother has chosen Annie's father over Annie, Annie will choose Gwen over her mother. Furthermore, Annie keeps her relationship with Gwen a secret, thereby trying to establish power over her moth. Annie constantly describes how much she loves Gwen and they share all their secrets, but at the same time this relationship exists solely as a substitute to Annie's failing relationship with her mother.

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