Dear Annie,I hardly knew him so why do I miss him?Maybe it's because it was easy to talk to him? He was nice to me,maybe it's that.I think I was mean. When I walked away from him in the library, that was mean of me.Maybe I should have forgiven him.No, I can't be stupid again.I've forgiven people before when they did this to me before and in the end,they just kept doing the same thingover and over again.I won't let him do that to me too.- Annie"Are you okay?" Amari asked as she leaned towards Annie in the cafeteria. "You look upset."Annie shrugged, not sure if it was a good idea to tell her friends about her very short-term friendship with Leo ending. She guessed that's all it was.She knew Jay and Amari would be mad and Jay would probably say something to Leo. Jay did tell her to be careful."I'm okay," she finally spoke, not looking at her friends. "I'm just tired.""Are you sure?"Annie nodded, hating that she was lying.-"Hey, Annie!" Jack's loud voiced yelled for Ann

Leo thought he had made good progress with Annie. He was beyond glad that she was actually trusting him and opening up to him.She was always on his mind, he could never stop thinking about her. When he wasn't with her, even if it was for a little while, he would miss her and hearing her voice and seeing her little smile that he wished she would show more often.Like I said, he thought he made good progress.Dear Annie,I cannot figure out whether or not I messed up.I opened up to Leo and told him things that nobody aside from family, Jay and Amari know.As much as I do think I'm starting to trust him,and as much as I do like his companyand want to tell him thingsand feel comfortable doing so,telling him about my mom was one thing.If I start to open up moreand tell him the worse things,the things that might've hurt me more,how do I know he's not going to get scaredor think I'm a freakor look at me differentlyor think I'm disgustingand then just walk away like everyone els

Leo couldn't stop thinking about what Jay said. He hated that there was no way he was going to get answers.He kept wracking his mind trying to figure out what Jay meant when he said that his people screwed Annie over before. In the last three years, he never heard anything about Annie or knew much about her. He saw her around, usually just sitting by herself in the library but surely if something had happened, talk would have spread around the school."What's on your mind?"Leo looked up when he saw Annie giving him a small smile.Instantly, he felt relaxed as a smile grew on his lips. "Math," he lied. "I have a test later."Annie nodded her head, glancing around a little. "I'm sure you'll do good." She bit her lip, avoiding his gaze.Leo tilted her head as he looked at her, "Want to sit?"Annie looked at him again, her eyes lighting up a little.She had walked over to him when she saw him sitting in the library by himself during the free period they both had. She built up the courag

The following Monday at school, things had shifted.Leo walked over to Annie when he saw her at her locker, taking her books out. "Hey," he leaned against the neighbouring locker.Annie nearly jumped out of her skin, surprised by him."Woah," Leo chuckled. "Didn't mean to scare you. Sorry."Annie avoided his gaze, her breathing more heavy than normal. "It's okay," she exhaled out, continuing to grab her things.Leo's eyebrows pulled together, quickly seeing that things were off. "Are you okay?" He reached forward to touch her arm but she quickly stepped away from him and shut her locker."I'm fine," she looked down at her feet. "I just... have to get to class." She turned and scurried down the hallway before he could stop her.Leo ran a hand through his hair, frustrated because he couldn't understand why she was being so weird and pushing him away. He thought they were at a point where she could trust him and actually tell him what was on her mind.Throughout the day, every time he wo

For the following nearly two weeks, Leo kept trying to get Annie to talk to him or at least hear him out.At this point, he debated whether or not to just let it go and accept that their friendship was over but he couldn't sit still with that. He just could not let go of her, nor did he want to.He knew nobody like Annie. As innocent as she may seem, she sure left a mark. He missed her all the time, he just wanted to hear her voice again. He would always glance at her at school and hope to even catch her smiling but she hadn't. He hadn't seen her smile in the past two weeks.He hated it. He missed her and everything about her. He couldn't stop thinking about her. He couldn't get rid of the guilty and heart-clenching feeling he had, regretting having hurt her the way he did.He knew she rarely opened up to new people or trusted people. When she finally did, like an idiot he ruined it.He didn't want to let go of her. He wanted to hug her again. He wanted to see the confused look on her