Riley
I walked into school with my head down. My heart still ached from Carl’s rejection. I had expected him to say yes, to kiss me and say he also love me, to say he was going to fight for us, but he had still looked at me like I was a kid who didn’t understand anything and said no.
I told myself I wouldn’t cry at school after crying for two days at home. I almost made it.
The hallway was loud already, lockers slammed, and I stopped at mine and spun the combination. When the door opened, something soft fell out and landed on my shoe.
I lowered my gaze to see a single red flower, the stem was wrapped in a little strip of paper.
I picked it up, the note was folded twice. I opened it and read it.
“Riley, I’m sorry about the party. I was drunk and stupid. I shouldn’t have tried to kiss
