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i tried everything. multiple texts and calls and facetimes but the texts were never opened and the calls didn't even ring.

tj was worrying me but it was clear that he had decided to throw me into the category of people he hated. i couldn't keep worrying about someone who doesn't care. so by the time susan picked me up the next morning i had erased the tj i knew from my memory.

at least i didn't have to worry about jandi drama, mostly because they were no longer speaking. when we arrived at school only me, jonah, and buffy stepped from the car. andi had decided she would rather walk.

as much as i loved buffy and jonah, they grew close and that left me excluded. i wasn't gonna pull an andi and ditch the group but it just wasn't the same.

in art andi kept her interactions short and in math buffy could only talk about how marty had the nerve to talk to her again. i did my best to fake gasps at appropriate moments. i knew i looked like a fish out of water but i tried.

when science rolled around i was starving since i had skipped breakfast. the only thoughts on my mind were those including food. well that was the case until tj waltzed into class hardly missing being late by seconds.

he took his seat across from me and smiled at me. he had the nerve to smile at me like he hadn't coldly told me to leave him alone only a day before. that only aggravated me so i kept my expression blank and turned my body towards the front of the room.

when the lunch bell rang i hopped up from my seat and headed towards the door, hoping for tj to leave me alone. i'm not the luckiest kid.

"cyrus?" he came up behind me.

"scary basketball guy." i spoke monotoned and began to turn around but he grabbed my shoulder and spun me back to face him.

"look i'm really sorry for how i acted. i- i didn't mean to hurt you." he said clearly apologetic.

"sorry doesn't cut it. learn to control your actions, tj." i said coldly. i was tired of being used.

he ran his hand through his hair, his nervous habit as i had observed. "eat lunch with me?" he asked.

i laughed dryly "and why would i do that?" i rolled my eyes. this wasn't like me but i wasn't in the mood for his games.

"i want to explain." he said quietly.

this intrigued me. "i'm not sitting with your jock friends." i said crossing my arms.

"oh god i would never explain in front of them." he laughed. "i was thinking the library." he suggested.

i pretended to think but i knew i would go. no matter how angry i was i would never pass an opportunity to see what was going on in someone's head. "ok."

his smile widened but i could see the nervousness peering into his expression. "ok um go get your food and i'll meet you there." he said quickly.

i nodded in response and he went off to the library.

when i reached the cafeteria the first thing i noticed was that buffy and jonah were sitting with jonah's frisbee team, not our usual place, and that andi was sitting with the art club students, aka walkers friends. i rolled my eyes at the ridiculous fued and made my way toward buffy and jonah.

"cy-guy!" he smiled revealing his dimples.

"jolamajama! so i'm going to study in the library today during lunch." i lied. it was against my character but i didn't want either of them to know who i was with.