I stared at Matt.

“She isn’t crazy about me, everything is falling apart at the seams.” I sighed.

“It’ll work out.” Matt smiled. “Here, take Willy.”

That was the first time I saw Matt smiled in a long time.

Maybe…

I looked at my watch. It was almost one in the afternoon.

Geez, I gotta play chess more often with Matt if I ever want to pass some time.

As I walked into my room, I gently tossed Willy on my bed. I st down and strum on my guitar. I hooked it up to my amp. I started singing a Taking Back Sunday song.

All our secrets they are tailored trouble
Draped loose now around your hips
Your spotless instincts are valid
We coexist
Got 26 days to work with
We got 26 days to work with
We’ll see what all gets done

I’m an addict for dramatics
I confuse the two for love
“You can tell me that you don’t beg…”

I stopped when my cell phone rang.

“Hello?” I said.

“Hayden, it’s Mel.” Mel said. “It’s over.”

“Fine, then..” I said. “But I know you won’t be able to stand it when I’m with other girls.”