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thought we were having such a good time, and then you just disappear.”
    I feel bad for him. It’s really hard dealing with me these days. Even my closes friends weren’t close with me anymore.
    “The room was suffocating me.” I fib.
    “Oh,” his face falls, but he continues, “Well you could have told me. I would have left with you. I’ll take you anywhere.” He tosses his keys back into his hand. His keys are my ticket to leaving this parking-lot and getting away from the sight of Tim and Adrian.
    I’m glad he didn’t ask for a real explanation. ”Let’s go.”
    We climb into his SUV and he asks me where I’d like to go. I don’t really have a special place in mind, so he decides to take us to the closes Dairy Queen. It’s going out of business because a brand new Sonic opened up across the street, so most of the time it’s deserted. I’m glad I don’t have to see anyone and I remind myself to thank him later for choosing such a great location. He orders food for himself and chicken nuggets for me.
    After filling up my drink, I realize he already choose a booth for us in the back. There’s an elderly couple sitting in the front, and one man who’s ordering to go, so it’s like we are all alone back here. He already has the food and has set it up so I just have to sit and eat.
    He doesn’t say anything at first. He just eats his banana split in silence. I take a couple small bites out of one chicken nugget, and slurp my mountain dew on purpose. The silence is killing me, but talking will kill me more.
    “It’s because of Tim, isn’t he?” He asks, pushing his half-unfinished ice-cream to the side.
    “Yes.” I can’t even look at him.
    “I thought you didn’t care what he does anymore?”
    “Well… I thought I didn’t. But I haven’t seen him in so long. Since right before I met you. I didn’t even see him when he came home for the summer, because I was so busy with you. He used to text me every so often, but I haven’t gotten a text from him in months. And then he just shows up at MY dance with another girl, without even telling me, it just… sucks, ya know?”
    “Yeah. I know.” The hurt in his voice makes me ask him how he could possibly know. “When we first started talking, I thought I never had a chance for you to even give me the time of day. But then you did. I tried not to get more attached than just basic friends, but you’re so hard not to like, Saige. I thought about you all the time. Then you choose to go to last year’s homecoming dance with Dave. I had planned on asking you. That was the first dance I ever planned on attending since Junior High. But I didn’t go because I couldn’t stand the thought of seeing you with Dave.”
    “What?” I’m so confused. “Why didn’t you tell me? I would have gone with you.” I’m mad and hurt he didn’t ask me. I really wanted to go with him. He never asked, so I thought he didn’t mind… I wish I would have had the guts to ask him myself.
    “It’s not just that dance. It’s before we ever really became friends. When you’d date the guys you date, and go to dances with the guys you did. I liked you from afar. You were interesting. Here you are: captain of the cheer team, you win all these beauty pageants, you model sometimes, and you date all these popular guys. But you were nice. The nice kind of nice, the kind of nice that means you care about other people even when you don’t have to. And you’re smart. Seeing you with any guy, even before you knew who I was, broke my heart.”
    I lean in towards him. “I had no idea, Bruno.”
    “Well this is a dream come true for me. To be here with you on the one homecoming that counts. I don’t want him to ruin our night. You don’t deserve to be sad. You’re too pretty to be sad.”
    I wasn’t ever sad when I was with him. Today wasn’t going to be the first day I was.
    “I have an idea!” He says, pulling me up from the booth. We abandon our food and head to