I couldn’t believe it.
I couldn’t believe I’d been so stupid to even think about trusting Tristan with my secret.
I walked outside to see Lexi waiting for me to walk out for lunch.
“Well, this is just great!” I declared sarcastically.
“What?” Lexi didn’t know that Rider knew yet.
“Tristan told Rider,” I said.
“Oh My Gosh!” Lexi cried.
“I know,” I agreed, “this is…..bad.”

After we’d eaten lunch and returned to class, we were working in groups in social studies.
I was working with Tyrah, another girl in my class.
Tristan was working with Derek and Brent close by.
Then out of the blue, Tristan started whispering something to Derek.
Derek turned around and looked at me.
I already knew without having to ask what Tristan was doing.
“Tristan!” I exclaimed.
“What?” he answered as if he hadn’t done anything wrong.
“I told you not to tell anyone else!” I said for what felt like the millionth time that day.
Derek turned around to face me again and said, “Sierra, Tristan didn’t tell me – Rider did.”