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Jake pauses from eating and just stares at me, “You know I kind of regretted why I never really had the guts to be friends with you.”

I was taken aback by his words because they seemed as if it was something I would want to hear when I would be in high school. I have always had a huge crush on Jake but I guess hearing those words now no longer mattered to me because I have Milo and we are going to have a child soon. Although Jake’s words are flattering, it still makes me happy to hear that he wanted to be friends with me.

“I am way out of your league. Your friends were so cool. All so cool.” I answered while laughing under my throat and staring at my hands.

“Maybe.” He chuckles. “Maybe they were the cool ones and I was not."

"What?"

"I did not feel like I fit in though. I did not feel like I was cool or something so I did not try to be cool in any way.”

“What do you mean?” I asked. "You are cool."

He stares at me and shakes his head, “Nah, I was just an average student. B