"I wobbled through the rest of the day. A baseball bat could not have hit me harder than that smile did. I was sixteen years old. In that time, how many thousands of smiles had been aimed at me? So why did this one feel like the first?" (76-77) Up until this point the reader is well aware that Leo is absolutely fascinated with Stargirl. It is in this moment, however, that the reader discovers how much Leo has fallen for Stargirl. He does not even get upset when the other girls in school begin to call him "Starboy"; in fact, he rather likes it.