Chapter 9

For the three days remaining until homecoming, Zack is MIA. No one seems to know where he is, and everyone is aware that we're not friends anymore, no idea how the entire school found out.

Mom feels sorry for me. I see it in her eyes whenever she looks at me. Zack's mom however, is losing it. He never calls her, and after I told her that he was at school, she got her hopes up, only for them to be crushed again when he didn't return.

Everyone is at the homecoming games, but I'm sitting in the bathtub, hugging my knees to my chest.

I don't need excitement in my life. I just need Zack.

Eric's name flashes on my screen as my phone rings for the umpteenth time.

He's been calling me non-stop, but I haven't answered any of his calls.

I really don't need complications when I'm trying to make things right with my best friend.

My best friend.

Convinced that I'm clean enough, I step out of th