Considering the unnecessary hit I took straight to the emotions with Natalie the other day, hearing that my teeny-tiny crush was already taken wasn't the kind of news I wanted to hear. Regardless, I took a deep breath and nodded as I sighed. I suddenly realized why Jordan had acted so strangely at the beginning of class. Her looking at the two of us like that made a lot more sense now.

"That's fine," I replied. "Like I said, I didn't really have a crush on her anyway."

"Oh, come on, now," she said as she reassuringly touched my hand. "You can let the tears spill in front of me....