The Girl Who Walked Away

Summary

My childhood best friend, Luke, got caught sneaking around with the school's prom queen, Tiffany.

To protect Tiffany’s reputation, he lied and said I was his girlfriend.

I got suspended for it.

Tiffany looked at me with mock sympathy, her eyes red. "Are you happy now?"

"It's just a few days of suspension," she said. "Now the whole school thinks you two are together, so what am I?"

Luke, trying to comfort her, forbade me from returning to school.

"Be good," he told me. "It's exam season, she'll get upset if she sees you."

"You're smart anyway. You can study from home."