It was playing in my mind about the conversation I was going to have with Nicole. How could I tell her that I'd slept with her crush? I really didn't want to, but I knew I had to, for our friendship's sake and for honesty's sake. She hadn't arrived at school yet, while I was sitting alone in the nearly empty class, save for two guys sat at the back sharing a set of earphones and an mp3. Her and I had been friends forever; I should be able to gauge her reaction to me telling her. I had a hunch that she was going to pretend that everything was fine. Nicole had always been the type to bottle up her feelings, but she also knew how to take care of herself. She wasn't overly hard on herself. But this wait was awful, nevertheless.
I had been so involved in my own little conundrum of thinking tha
