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“I didn’t need you to do that, Trent I don’t get in your relationship, ould you get into mine?”

“Because I saw it, the second she agreed, I kne bad you would want it to be real, and I didn’t want you to fall if she”

“If she wasn’t?”

He nods

“Why wouldn’t she?” I look to him

He lifts his hands, holding theuys weren’t friends, you never talked, and she thought you hated her even though I told her several times you didn’t”

“You saere together,my head “You’re the one that said it seemed too much too fast”

“I know you, Nic, and I safor you, but I couldn’t tell if she was acting I didn’t realize she was into it until I witnessed her jealousy over Miranda”

I look away

“You need to go over there I’m sure she’s home by now Explain better Fix this, Nic”

“No reason, I’m nothin’ but a liar to her now” I look his way “She wanted ht?”

“Wrong, she’s fucked up”

My ribs begin to ache “She’ll be good”

“Yeah?” Trent looks up at my mom’s bedroom , dark as always, and back to ood?”

“I a, I push to my feet and hold my hand out

He eyeshis into mine as he stands

“You’ll be at the gaate

“Not sure yet”

“You know Coach will let you play, get you excused for the days you missed”

I look away and he walks out

When he’s gone, I drop back in the chair and look up at the sky

And they say senior year is supposed to be your best year yet

Yeah fuckin’ right

We’re onlysucksThe knock atinto nore the possibility of who ht be on the other side or what they’ll have to say

As quietly and gently as possible, I place my palms on the door and lean forward to look into the peephole

Trent?

I take le step back before his voice floats from the other side