"I am sorry you had to go through that," Jess said, trying to comfort her as best she could. "And I'm sorry that they thought we were perfect or something. We're not."

"No, I'm the one who's sorry." Maggie's tears were flowing freely now. "I'm so. so. so. very. sorry." she was sobbing now. There was a box of tissues that she pulled from, dabbing her eyes. "I know what I did was wrong. It was stupid and immature. And mean. I can't take back what I did, but I am sorry for it. I just hope that one day, you can forgive me."

Before we could say anything else,...