So I ended up heading out to the house with Sadie, Noah, Evelyn, and her boyfriend Trent. It wasn't a bad afternoon. Dad even used the excuse to fire up his grill, which forever endeared him to the two boys in our group at the very least. I was in a distinctly more depressed mood, and as valiantly as I tried to hide it wasn't fooling anyone. At least not Sadie.

"What's wrong with you? Something going on?"

I've had to spend the day watching you and Evelyn hang all over your lovers, while I can't even acknowledge mine at school. "Nothing. I'm fine."

"Bullshit. Is there something wrong between...