What are they doing?

I strode down the crowded hallways towards my locker, my head up, not meeting anyone’s gaze. Whatever.

Jennie was at the locker next to mine, sharing a secret giggle with Alicia. What were they snickering about?

I don’t care. I don’t, I don’t.

I repeated it again in my head.

Only I did. Shit.

I fumbled with my combination, my eyes down. Jennie and Alicia kept talking, their voices loud enough for everyone to hear. There’s no way I couldn’t listen. It’s their own fault, after all.

“Omigod, I just can’t believe it. Can I see it again?”

Alicia looked thoughtful, and Jennie pouted. “Yeah, okay.”

Alicia held out her right hand. On her pointer finger glittered a beautiful sapphire ring.

“Oh, Jennie. Everett and I were meant to be.”

I bit down on my lip, hard, to keep from crying. I had to keep it together. Alicia would see. Or Jennie.

“I know, Alicia, I know.”

Okay, that’s it. I knew two certain girls that were gonna go down. I grimaced. And it wasn’t going to be pretty.