  I think I was overreacting. I couldn't ignore him just because he didn't want to tell me his history. But I was like that. If I told someone something about myself, I would want to know about them too.
  Maybe he wasn't ready to open up. Maybe something happened to him worse than what happened to me.
  I should give him some space.
  I closed my locker door and head to my first class. Maths.
  I entered the class and immediately spotted Darren and Josh talking about something. I plopped myself on the seat beside Darren's and he looked away from the conversation he was having with Josh and smiled at me.
  &quot;Hey,&quot; I said.
  &quot;Hey,&quot; He replied. When he didn't say anything further I raised my eyebrows.
  &quot;What were you two talking about?&quot; I asked, turning around to face Josh.
  &quot;You know the party that Darren was going to throw two weeks ago?&quot; Josh sta

  Today was Friday and this was the day of the week that mom and I had what we called 'Friday Fun Day'. This was a thing that mom and I did every Friday if we were free. Ryan never joined us on our Friday fun days because he thought that we do only 'girly' stuff on that day. So he just spends the day at his friend's house and returns late at night. He actually was rarely at home. He was either at school after classes to do football practice or at a friend's house doing God knows what. But of course, he had strict warnings to not to indulge in...inappropriate activities like sleeping with someone, drinking or smoking. He was just sixteen. Okay, okay turning seventeen in a week but still it didn't mean that he was allowed to do anything of that sort.
  So it was our Friday fun day as usual. We weren't able to do this thing for a few weeks now because we were so busy. After my hasty exit fr

  Brooke's?POV:
  I didn't know what was going on anymore. Everything had changed. But for the worse.
  Last week was surreal. It was the best week of my life. And then suddenly, everything changed abruptly. It became a nightmare.
  What? How? Why? When?
  The questions jumped in my mind like freaking kangaroos. But there was no one to answer them.
  It had been a week since it happened. The ignorance, the kiss, Jake's face when Claire slapped him. Everything seemed like a very bad dream that shouldn't ever come true. Did it really happen?
  I wanted someone to tell me it was just a dream. I didn't want this.
  For seven days I saw a Jake who was not his usual self and even Claire had changed. It was surprising how seven days can change things rapidly.
  I saw Jake staring at Claire sometimes. I saw Claire staring at Jake sometimes. But they didn't talk at all. They were acting like they

I think I was overreacting. I couldn't ignore him just because he didn't want to tell me his history. But I was like that. If I told someone something about myself, I would want to know about them too.
  Maybe he wasn't ready to open up. Maybe something happened to him worse than what happened to me.
  I should give him some space.
  I closed my locker door and head to my first class. Maths.
  I entered the class and immediately spotted Darren and Josh talking about something. I plopped myself on the seat beside Darren's and he looked away from the conversation he was having with Josh and smiled at me.
  &quot;Hey,&quot; I said.
  &quot;Hey,&quot; He replied. When he didn't say anything further I raised my eyebrows.
  &quot;What were you two talking about?&quot; I asked, turning around to face Josh.
  &quot;You know the party that Darren was going to throw two weeks ago?&quot; Josh started.
  &quot;Um...what party?&quot; I asked, confused. I didn't remember them talking about 

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