17

After that Sunday with the church girl, Aaron didn’t speak to me, but as I see it he was bringing more girls over than he normally did and I hated that, but it was clear that he didn’t care about me or my feelings towards him.

But why did he show me his painting? Why kiss me?

So many questions floated around in my head.

I knew we didn’t speak to each other at school, but he would usually try to get a ride with me, or even stare at me from across the cafeteria, but no longer did he do that. And as I sat around the table by myself eating lunch, I couldn’t help but feel like a loner.

‘’Hey,’’ a voice came.

I looked up to see Marco standing there.

‘’Oh, hey.’’ I smiled at him.

Marco was kind of a nerd, not that I have a problem with nerds. But he was always by himself, and he never usually talked to anyone, so I’m surprised he is even saying a word to me now.

‘’Sorry to bother you, but I was wondering if we could maybe hangout on Saturday, at as a date but just friends,’’ he said nervousl