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On the way to her dor to help her mo Hart Boutique, while also preparing for finals She’s been juggling so much, and Isaac has selfishly wanted to be the center of her attention

If Harper didn’t drop everything when he wanted, they’d have an argu it up to hi to prove how uilt trips she’s had when she chose to study instead of going out drinking with him

Once I park in front of Harper’s dor with my hands full

Three flights of stairs later, I twist the knob to Harper’s door and enter It’s often left unlocked because her roommate's boyfriend lives on the same floor, so she’s in and out

I hear Harper chatting in the bathroom and realize she’s on the phone, so I set down our food and patiently wait She has no idea I’m here yet

“I know, Hads You were right”

She’s talking to one of her friends we greith in Eldorado, Texas It’s a few hours froether Hadleigh’s a year younger than us and is going to nursing school Since she spent a lot of ti the summers with ood friends

“I just never thought he’d givetime with Ethan He’s my best friend, and that’s it For Isaac to accuse e “I’d never do that I’m not a cheater” She pauses briefly as if she needs to collect herself “I just thought we’d be together forever He acted friendly around Ethan, so I always assumed he liked him Now I realize it was all a lie”

My heart rate quickens, and my hands ball into fists I’rateful Harper chose our friendship and didn’t bend to his will See for any excuse to break up with her and picked the lowest hanging fruit

She clears her throat, then loudly blows her nose “I can’t believe it’s really over, after everything we’ve been through”

I only tolerated hiotistical h school, so when I heard he’d gotten accepted to the saht they’d break up before the first day of class, but Harper was determined to make it work

Over the past two years, I hadn’t seen her asthe week as I’d like, but we still made time to study or watch o ho out nonstop