The player

Aiden, she whispered with a trembling voice. "I'm in love with you," she managed to say with all the courage she had left. Aiden's response left her in shock. He laughed it off and said, "Well, I'm not in love with you. In fact, I don't even like you." She felt her world crashing down on her as tears welled up in her eyes. "Oh, um, okay. I'm just gonna go," she said, trying to hold back her tears. As she walked away, tears streamed down her face, and she went home and belly flopped onto her bed. "Why did I do that? That was so embarrassing," she said, crying even harder. She knew that going to school tomorrow would be a struggle