Dear First Love, I avoided you and Victoria at all costs in school today. You both kept looking for me. I locked myself in a bathroom stall during lunch and skipped class for the first time whenever I shared a class with either of you. After school, you called me. Again and again. Victoria too. I had to turn my phone off to stop me from the temptation of picking up and spill everything to you both. You turned up at my doorstep. I heard grandma open the door as I hid behind the kitchen counter. I know I’m a coward. I’m a coward that can’t face you. I could hear your entire conversation with grandma from where I hid. You were asking grandma to see me and if I was home. She is a good actor too. Grandma’s voice sounded so nonchalant and cold that for a moment, I thought she actually hate

