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I believe so, at least that’s what Jeff Kass alludes in his research. If Devon was also suspended it was probably because she was involved to a degree with Zack and the stunt he pulled having possession of one of the locker combos that belonged to her ex boyfriend whom he disliked. See here. The whole group of friends were up to mischief and so the school came down hard on who they felt was involved in various degrees of violating school security and data.

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I do think he knew some female teacher was hiding under the library reception desk, sure, but not necessarily that he knew who she was. However, after his melodramatic confrontation with Evan Todd, which kind of put a damper on things for him, I think Dylan was pretty much done with the killing people thing. Instead, he opted for a dramatic exit by smashing a chair over the desk before he stalked out after Eric. And he was literally standing right by her cowering under the desk and there’s no doubt that if she didn’t have her hands covering her face, she could easily see the lower half of his body. He knew she was there and I think what he did was also partly to let her know that he knew she knew. I think his favorite thing most of all, more than anything else about NBK, was the psychological terror aspect and his lording over the school and feeling that ultimate sense of power over this building which always made him feel on edge. Now, the tables were finally turned for once and everyone was at his mercy. He was being the antithesis of his normally quiet, reserved self. Now, it was Yolo as the big, bad, scary wolf until you die.

I tend to think that Devon initiated a friendship between herself and Dylan. I think she was just a mature, easy going, friendly and wise girl for her age. I think Devon was acutely aware of the close dude friendship between Zack and Dylan and she didn’t want to muck that up even though she, like any girlfriend, wanted to have a lot of quality time with just her guy. So, I don’t think she wanted to drive a wedge between them or have things feel awkward and make it feel like ‘three’s a crowd’ for Dylan. I think Devon basically was just her honest to goodness self and was curious about Dylan and chatted him up and joked around with him with just like any other friend she she wanted to get to know. She also trusted him and shared her feelings with him at a certain point in their friendship and she considered him her ‘confidant’. Dylan was sort of her sounding board of which she could bounce her problems and troubles off of over the phone or over the internet and he would listened to her. What girl would ever, had ever done that with him ? It must have been very validating for him. Eventually, as Dylan became more comfortable to the point of simply being himself, Devon had wormed her way into his heart even though his initial reaction was to feel guarded and secretly resentful of her. I also feel that Dylan really liked everything about Devon as a girl. I always tend to arrive at this sense that he liked her whole package, if you will. He liked her wit, her sense of humor, her wisdom and how authentically down-to-earth and easy going she was. He considered her a prize near-perfect girlfriend that his best friend was lucky to have stumbled on – and he’d even noted in his writings that Zack sometimes took it all for granted. In short, what I’m trying to say is that Dylan would’ve liked Devon for a girlfriend if she hadn’t ended up Zack’s. But the irony is that Dylan probably never would’ve met her nor had the nerve to converse with her had he not gotten to know her through Zack. I honestly would not be surprised if he had an secret, unrequited love thing for her at times.. She describes him as very protective of her when she hurt herself playing tag football ( I think it was?) or the way he was worried when she’d just gotten into a t-bone car accident and he contacted her parents for her. Or the way he kissed the top of her head affectionately at prom. In fact, there is one piece of his writing that strongly makes me feel as though he is talking about her… Ultimately though, they were only good friends.