Sydney

Maybe I should have just called in sick and stayed at home.

Because after practically yelling at Lakeview’s golden boy in the hallway, it took me a full twenty minutes to completely stop myself from shaking.

Actual shaking.

The kind that could be passed for a fever if Mom had seen me early enough.

But life doesn’t pause for humiliation.

I still had to open my eyes the next morning, still listen to my bed groan slightly as I got up, get dressed, and then get into the back seat of the car to get to Lakeview High.

“He can’t be nice to girls like…”

Those words clung to...