That morning, I stared at my phone screen for a long time. My fingers trembled slightly, whether from nerves or the fear that the words I had just typed would be ignored.
Hey Jess, I'm sorry. Really, really sorry. Please, Jess, just hear me out.
The message was sent. Then I waited. Five minutes. Ten minutes. Two hours. No reply.
I thought maybe Jessica needed time. But a day passed, then two... still nothing. Empty. Silent. Even when I saw her at school, Jessica turned her head away, as if I were air.
When I crossed paths with Ashley in the hallway, I tried to smile. But Ashley only looked down and quickened her pace.
Turns out, everything was more complicated than I thought. And lonelier than I could imagine.
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Ashley, as I heard from others, was caught in the middle. Jessica
