Chapter 43: Jaylee

It's the weekend; I should be hanging out with a friend instead of laying in bed mulling over a guy who doesn't want me. It's almost evening, and I'm still in my pajamas.

Forcing myself out of bed, I go to stand before the mirror. Combing a handful of hair out of my face, I notice myself in the mirror.

Why didn't Nate fall for me instead of Sophia? I think downheartedly.

Weren't I beautiful enough for him? Walking away from the mirror, I fall backward on the bed.

I believed being a HotShot cheerleader and walking among the popular ones would give me the privilege to get any guy I wanted, but it didn't. If Sophia hadn't gotten in the way of Nate and me, things might have turned out differently for us.

What am I thinking? I reach for the pillow covering my head.

Nate had admitted he had no feelings for me, so there was no hope of us getting together if Sophia wasn't in the picture.

But why Sophia, though?

Out of all the girls at school, he had to choose her. I wish it was someone else,