Chapter 8

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(Evan) 

What the hell am I going to do? 

Connor is gone. Completely gone. There's no fixing that. Not to mention, he was right. He had the right to walk away, because I would never pick him over Jared. No matter how much I hated to admit that, it was true. Connor had seen right through me. 

Maybe I relied too much on Jared. Maybe it was best to push him away, like I did that day. Business. No crushes, no passion, no lust, no love. Strictly business. Maybe that's the way things had to be if I was going to live a normal life. It was senior year, Jared wouldn't be around much longer anyway. Look at how far I've come in four years: Freshman year - Number of Friends: One - Jared Kleinman. Senior Year - Number of Friends: One - Jared Kleinman. So much progress right? I was going to end my high school career exactly as I started it. That's not what I want my story to be. That can't be it. That can't be how this goes. 

I had to push Jared away. I had to get him out of my life. I had to move on. I couldn't spend my entire life the way I spent high school: in love with someone who would never love me back. 

I've had enough of being the loser, the geek, or whatever. I'm sick of it. Jared may be my closest friend, but that's because he's my only friend. My stupid "family friend" that can't even be bothered to be seen being kind to me. He has to push me away, make it look like he hates me just as much as everyone else. He has to protect his reputation. He can't let himself be seen with the nobody kid. 

I'm done with Jared Kleinman. I'm done being the thing in his basement that nobody else is allowed to see. I'm done not being good enough to even step in the sun. It's time to face facts. 

It's time to say goodbye to Jared Kleinman. 

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