he had always valued his peace and quiet, but it was

wait another hour for the school to dismiss. That sounded like

ng, he picked it up f

iliar voice spoke. He could ide

er," Eth

to me. I should have known you wouldn

clubs; you should know me well, and I have been p

hanged," he paused, then as

and yes I got a new

ou ignored my advice and went ahead

ook man, it is not

real

best for me but I would

u have chosen that, then you can go for it

eah I've

a caring friend, an old classm

to his social circle. Well, becoming a social person did not pan out until a new high schooler was transferred to his school. She was a cheerful young lady with blonde hair, brown eyes that melted when she laughed, a bright smile, and an angelic face that exudes beauty. Her appearance in Ethan's class seemed to p

" she said softly, raising

ing as she smiled at him, her o

y possible. Being antisocial was one thing; losin

han," she said, takin

n his seat or even swallow his saliva for fear of being heard by her. The on

hed, he dashed out and into

panting, it was obvious

ss, still breathing heavily,

your class and decided to

w he tries to avoid Peter, he woul

rong?" Pe

or some fresh air" he t

e it's becaus

han looked up and rolled his e

hould be thinking of a way to tal

t inter

e going to come back a

d those words that Ethan ret

say you woul

I said

than said in a

't have a chance with any girl" Peter advise

brow, "Is tha

pro at this," P

in landing himself a date with Audrey. They went on a picnic themed date which A

ting, but they chose to keep i

t looking for Audrey to figure out why she was avoiding him. He had checked almost every place he thought she might be,

e headed to the library. The door was closed, but he could h

seeing. The girl he loved was half naked and in foreplay with another guy. When sh

trying not to shed a single tear; he knew he did

he fourth day, but he could not persuade his friend to let go. After a week of skipping school, it was clear that he wouldn't be going back not until he rec

was a waste of time because his responses were mostly monosyllables. Ryan, the guy she was caught with was the opposite of Ethan especially since he was from a

knew it was over; their relationship w

he saw her with her new boyfriend but he tried to let it all pass. Peter was with him tryin

foolishly again. He had done it before and been betrayed; he had felt t

t like Peter and that did not matter to him