AFTER dinner, Jared invited me to hang out in his room to watch a movie as I waited for my clothes to dry. As soon as we got into his room, I said, "I'm sorry."
Jared: "What? Why are you apologizing?"
Kara: "I ruined your party. I shouldn't have come. I'm really sorry."
Jared walked closer to me and hugged me tightly. I heard him say, "You have nothing to be sorry about. Mariah pushed you into the pool. I don't know why she did that, but she claims that it was just a joke."
Kara: "She must have gotten mad because I was talking to her boyfriend."
Jared: "That's a shitty excuse. You could have died."
Kara: "But I didn't."
Jared: "Yeah. She should be thankful that you are okay. I don't know what I would have done to her if you got harmed."
Kara: "Don't talk like that. Violence doesn't
