And this generated sadness and guilt inside of Leo again. Because she was right. He had told his friends everything, because they are his friends. And then, the news had truly spread like wild fire around the school. Kids were evening waiting for her to return to school, so they could laugh and mock her for getting rejected. Something which made him feel really bad at that time. Because he didn't want her to get bullied because of him. And she didn't even come to school on that Monday after the Saturday he had rejected her, not even the next day which was a Tuesday.

"Living with my mom felt...