“I don’t know. Just the fact that I had a huge blow-up with my best friend. At school. In front of everyone. It’s so . . .”
“High school?” Ayana offered.
Pax groaned and put a pillow over her face.
“Okay, but to be fair, what Zeke did was pretty messed up. I would’ve reacted the same way. I mean, the fact that he went and snitched on you? I thought he was better than that.”
“Yeah. I don’t know. In a way, I guess I see where he was coming from.”
“You’re too good of a friend. We’re mad at him, remember?”
Pax laughed. “I’m definitely still pissed, but if it was the other way around and Zeke was acting sketchy and not talking to me about it, I’d probably flip too.”
“Sure, but I don’t know, Pax . . .” Ayana started, casting a wary glance toward her.
“What?”
“Don’t murder me for saying
