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"Reagan?" I say "Is it true?"

"Zorie" She squeezes her eyes shut

Oh, God It is true

"You two are together? Why didn’t you tell esture and then lets it fall back down to her side and shakes her head "I don’t know Because"

"Because why?"

"I knew you’d flip out, okay?" she says, suddenly defensive

"I’ht now Don’t you see? You always get freaked out when things don’t go exactly the way you’ve planned, with all your stupid blueprints and checklists, and maybe I just didn’t want to deal with that"

I’ Brett, why did she encourage o after hi have? I mean, since when?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yeah, et it? I was trying to spare your feelings That’s why Iabout?"

"I know you guys dated last fall One of Su each other’s faces near the skate park Everyone knows!"

Oh, God I want to die I can’t even look at Lennon I’ is," she continues, "you insisted that the two of you were just friends, even when I asked you point-blank if you were seeing each other I even asked Avani--because God knows you tell her more secrets than you’ve ever toldon"

This is impossible Avani never knew, so there was no reason for her to "cover" for anything

Reagan crosses her arms "Apparently, I’m not part of the inner circle anymore I’m just someone you use when it’s convenient, like when you need a place to sit at lunch"

"That’s not true!" Right? I’an--at least not more than she uses me She cheats off my tests in class She calls to ask for help with homework Do I not help her?

"Clearly you don’t trust me with your secrets," she says "So why should I trust you with mine?"

I want to respond, but I’an," Summer says in a tentative voice

"You just couldn’t keep quiet, could you?" Reagan says, turning on Suone on her stupid astrono about Brett and me until after she’d left, but you couldn’t help yourself, could you?"

"I--"

"I just wanted one nice thing this suloss over with tears "None of you has any idea what I’h You have no idea what’s it like to train every single day for years--years! Then ive up on my dreams"

"You aren’t the only person here with dreams," I tell her

"But I’m the only person here with the talent to back thean"