Graduation Trip of Three, Heartbreak for One
The day our SAT scores are released, my girlfriend, Alexis Jink, and I are on a train heading back home after a graduation trip. Samuel Yonder, my "younger brother" in name only, is also with us.
Samuel loves sitting by the window, and Alexis immediately sits beside him, leaving me the odd one out—just like I have been for this entire trip.
"Ethan, Samuel and I need to discuss what we'll be picking for our majors. Since you didn't score very high on the mock exam, just busy yourself with your phone while we talk," Alexis says.
As the two chat and laugh happily, I find myself unable to join in at all.
This is certainly not what I expected when Alexis promised me a graduation trip three ye