And in high school, people are always watching so there's always a reason to pose.

Everything about it was false. Right then, in that office, with the realization that no one knew the truth about my life, my thoughts about the world were shaken.

I hate not knowing what to believe anymore. I hate not knowing what's real.

That is all that happened. Why did you hear something else?

He looks out into the empty street, allowing me to sit in his car and just miss her. To miss her each time I pull in a breath of air. To miss her with a heart that feels so cold by itself, but warm when thoughts of her flow through me.

They were like two magnets who couldn't decide whether to attract or repel.

Two steps behind her, I say her name. "Skye.