ItsDeezie
In 2012, status was everything. The right shoes, the right girl, and the right seat at the lunch table determined if you were a legend or a loser.
Jake and I had it all figured out. We'd been best friends since the fourth grade, but when high school hit, Jake had a vision. He wanted the crown. The catch? He couldn't be seen with a loser like me. So we made a pact: Best friends at home, total strangers at school.
For four years, I played my part. I stayed in the shadows while he stood in the spotlight. I watched him become the person he thought he needed to be, even if it meant leaving me behind the second the school bell rang.
But with graduation only a month away, the "Grand Plan" is starting to feel like a cage. Between the humming fluorescent lights of In-School Suspension and a social hierarchy that's starting to crack, the silence is getting too loud to ignore.
The secret was supposed to protect us. Now, it's about to destroy everything.
I'm tired of the plan. I'm tired of the shadows. And most of all? I'm tired of Jake Miller.