My heart skipped a beat in horror. What was he doing here? Pure coincidence could be an explanation, and it sounded like a good one, so I went with that and waved at him. He smiled. I looked away and saw from the corner of my eyes, he was angry.

A few weeks had passed since I came to Marzark. Jared and I hung out almost everyday, and he was making me popular. One Friday Jared had to visit his family in a different part of town, and for once I had nothing to do. I picked up my phone and looked at my recent call list to see if anyone would hang out today. All incoming calls from Jared. A few outgoing.. to Jared. I looked through my contact list and called Jueli. She wasnt busy either, and she invited me to the mall. I gladly accepted. I swiftly put on my clothes and was out the door in less than a few minutes. I waited until Jueli came to leave. I stopped abruptly noticing a vibration coming from my leg. It was a text from Jared. “im comin home now so we can hang out”