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Chapter 01

Chapter 01

I was a mess and certainly looked like one too, I felt sad, confused and betrayed. How could your life be great at one moment and then a wreck the next? And all these feelings caused by the person you loved the most. I felt empty, part of me gone with him. I couldn’t imagine seeing him again, and the worst part was I would continue to see him every day at school and probably with his new girlfriend. What made him stop loving me? I wondered if he ever loved me like I did. He was the only guy I’ve ever liked and cared about. 

I didn’t want to go to school, but dad made me come anyway. He said no one dies, because of a break up. I hated to feel like this, I wasn’t particularly a weak person, but I couldn’t control how I felt every time thoughts of us popped into my head. It made me feel stupid. Maybe all would get better after a few days; it couldn’t last forever. I needed to understand that love didn’t last forever. 

“Hey Jo, are you alright?” Kim asked worried. I was trying to hide from my friends as long as I could. I knew I could trust them, specially Kim, but I didn’t want to talk about it, not yet. “I waited for you, but you never came to my house. I saw your mom and she told me your dad drove you to school today.”

I nodded and hid my face behind the locker’s door. I didn’t want her to know I spend the whole night crying my heart out. “I’m fine.” I murmured.

“We’ve been friends since I have memory; I know when something isn’t right.” She insisted. I could tell she was really worried. “Look at you, you’re wearing sweatpants, huge t-shirt, your hair is a mess… well your hair is always like that.” I smiled at the last part. She knew how to make me feel better and she was right, I looked like a homeless person. I closed the door of my locker and finally faced her.

“Noah broke up with me last night.” My voice came out really weak, but I knew she could hear me.

“What? Why? You two are so in love.” She said quickly.

“Well, it looks like I was, am, the only one in love.” I said leaning my head on my locker. I could feel my eyes watering again.

“You were together for almost two years and now it’s over? What happened?” She asked a little angry. I didn’t want to tell her everything in the hallway, so I just dragged her into the bathroom and took a deep breath. “Do you remember that crappy music camp he went last summer?” I waited for her response. She nodded. “Well, last night he told me he fell in love with some girl there, how they have a lot in common and-”

“Who is the bitch?!” Kim asked furious. I was shocked; she never used those kinds of words. “Sorry, it’s just... I can’t believe he dumped you for some random girl he met there.”

“She’s not that random, the girl is Veronica Nixon.” I said looking straight to the floor. I couldn’t even hate her. She wasn’t my friend or anything close, but I knew her and she was nice, pretty, smart, talented… How could I blame him?

“Oh, Jo. I’m so sorry.” Kim hugged me and I started to cry again. 

“At least he broke up with me first, instead of cheating on me.” I sighed.

“What did you tell him?”