Chapter 49

“You like Andre,” she went straight to the heart of the conversation.

“I don’t. I like Aaron.”

Shewa scoffed. “Right. It’s easy to convince yourself.”

“I don’t think I am convincing myself here, Shewa. I do like Aaron.”

“Remember how you didn’t want to continue the Head boy Head girl tradition? What changed? Because it seems to me like you’re going for second best when you can have what you want.”

“Are you blind?!” I whispered fiercely so that Andre would not hear since the walls were so thin. “He is with Siobhan what do you expect me to do? Run up into his arms and tell him to leave my friend alone? And where do you get this idea that I am going for second best anyway? Nothing about Aaron proves second best, he wants me, he told me and was intentional about it. Intentionality, Shewa, that’s the difference between Aaron and Andre. I don’t want to be second best to anyone. You know what? Since you won’t let it be, I don’t hate Andre, I tried to convince