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I suck in a deep breath, pulling my lower lip between my teeth I clamp down on it to feel the pain

Jeremiah re-zips the tent and looks at irl had said so about Lacey or Jennifer, I would’ve dunked her head in a toilet and given her a swirly Clearly Nick isto give Alisha a swirlyclue what it’s like to lose the person you talked to every day for three years

That’s the hardest part For everyone else, life goes on But for me, part of me is stuck in limbo with Kyle…and I kind of want to stay there I miss him It’sit will tide y to breathe

"You all right?" Jere back down next to me

"No one ever says shit like that to my face," I whisper "That they think I’ idea"

The sound of crickets chirping fills the silence

My little rant felt good

Jeremiah folds his hands behind his head and stares at the tent ceiling "They’re just jealous"

"What is that supposed to mean?" I exclaim

"You’ve been in love They’re probably jealous of that I am…"

"You’ve never been in love?"

"Nope"

I pause "But you want to be?"

"Who doesn’t?"

Talk about souys say very often "You haven’tmyself up on an elbow

He rolls over onto his side to face me Then slowly shakes his head "I’ve dated a lot," he admits quietly "And like, sooes away…even when I don’t want the feeling to go away, it does"

"So you’ve never been close with a girl?"

"What’s your definition of close?" he asks with a nervous laugh

"Like, you keep a spare toothbrush in her dorroan "God, I miss the back scratches"

"Don’t they sell backscratchers so you can scratch your back yourself?"