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Isabel Henry stood at her locker after school ended. She looked around the hallway as everyone rushed out of the high school, excited to have the rest of the day off. She wasn't, though. She was only in Evergreen because her mother died three weeks ago, and her father wanted to move back to where his family lived. Her father did not even care enough to ask Isabel's opinion. She never wanted to move. It was hard enough to lose her mother, but all of her friend too? She was beginning to fall apart when she met Elizabeth Jensen. The two girls hit it off right away, but Isabel was scared that Elizabeth would leave her, just like everyone else in her life.
Then she met Jessica Davis.
Jessica was beautiful, kind, smart, and incredibly passionate. Isabel wanted to get to know Jessica more as they begun to see each other. They became partners for a project in math class. When they would work on the project at Jessica's house, all Isabel could do was watch Jessica. Every move that Jessica made brought Isabel in more and more.
Jessica Davis had begun to be attracted to girls late in her sophomore year, but she did not exactly know it. She thought she was in love with her best friend in a platonic way, but she was not. Jessica's feelings began to fade after Justin went missing and Elizabeth began her downward spiral, but her attraction to girls never stopped.
When Ani had Jessica try to find herself sexually, all Jessica could think of were other girls. This was when she knew that she liked girls. She hadn't told anyone because she didn't know how people would react. She already had a very divided popularity vote because of her activism. She did not want to give anyone another reason to dislike her. When she met Isabel Henry, however, everything changed. She knew that she wanted to be with this girl, and she did not care what anyone else thought.
She just hoped Isabel felt the same way.
Elizabeth Jensen approached Isabel at her locker with a smile. "Hey."
The girls' eyes met, and Isabel closed her locker. "Hey, 'Liza. What's up."
"I just wanted to make sure that no one has pissed you off too much at this school, yet." Elizabeth chuckled
"Not yet." Isabel shrugged, throwing her backpack over her shoulders.
"Eliza!" The two girls turned to see Jessica Davis approaching them. "Oh, hey, Isabel." Jessica and Isabel made eye contact and then quickly looked away. "Sorry, I just wanted to talk to Elizabeth about something real quick." Elizabeth let out a scoff as she crossed her arms over her chest. "I wanted to apologize."
"Yeah." Isabel nodded. "You guys can talk." Isabel started to walk away, but turned back around. "Jess, do you want to come over sometime in the next couple of days to finish the project?"
