Zach

Todd was making a scene at school. I heard about it before I even saw him. He was encouraging the rumors to spread, and I overhead some of them. Usually, I wouldn’t be bothered. I’d always had a clear view of my future, so I didn’t bother much with the rumor mills around the school.

I was bothered this time, though, because Todd wasn’t just making a scene and drawing attention to himself, he was doing it by spreading it around that Jade was into him.

She’s not!

I’d wanted to growl the words when a group of girls passing by me happened to mention it, and I overheard. If Jade hadn't been mentioned by name, I would have left school and headed right home. Only I did hear it, along with those girls saying unpleasant things about Jade.

All thanks to that idiot.

I knew my jealousy was stupid, even without Jade telling me. She didn’t have any interest in him; she wouldn’t have hidden it if she did when I questioned her before. If there was one thing I loved about Jade it was that she wasn’t a