Nicole sat alone on the bleachers until darkness fell over the empty field. Hot tears streamed down her face, smudging the makeup she had so carefully applied hours earlier.
Brandon's rejection rang in her ears over and over.
"I'm sorry I have to decline. Sharon is the only girl I'm interested in."
"Sharon is the only girl I'm interested in."
"Sharon is the only girl I'm interested in,"
She had tried everything; changing her look, lying about Sharon, throwing herself at him shamelessly. And still, he had barely glanced her way before telling her that he wasn't interested.
The humiliation ate away at Nicole like acid in her veins. She let out an anguished scream, the sound echoing across the vacant field.
Gripping the pink sundress in her fists, she tore violently, ripping it to
