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to stop, but my chest was on fire. I launched the fishing line into the pond with a grunt and stumbled to my knees, panting and heaving for breath. 
    My own fucking brother. He knew what she meant to me. He'd always known. He knew I only broke up with her that day because he told me I needed to to help protect her. Gage knew what that would do to me and he obviously didn't give a shit. 
    I stayed at the pond that night. I couldn't go back and face him, and possibly see her. It was too cold to sleep under the stars with only a t-shirt and jeans, but I would have rather froze to death than looked at them. 
    My brother and Sara Montgomery were always on again off again so I did what I thought would hurt him and what I knew would hurt Ry. I hooked up with Sara. I skipped school that Monday; I was still avoiding Gage and Ry and he was both our rides to school. Tuesday I woke early enough to walk to school. I had World History with Ryley and we sat next to each other, but not that day. I practically shoved Keith out of his chair so I could sit next to Sara. He didn't argue me; he sat next to Ryley and shut his damn mouth. I didn't even look at her, not once, I devoted all my attention to Sara and it made me sick because I hated the girl. The day she got into a fight with Riley when we were nine I started hating her, and she'd given Ryley a ton of shit since that day so it wasn't hard to hate her. 
    She ate up my attention though, and at lunch I sat with her, well, she sat on me. She was straddling my lap and we made out until Mr. Rice sent us to the Principle. When I saw Ryley after school she was stomping toward me. I looked into the pretty blue eyes I had loved to stare into and I saw hate. I saw it looking through my eyes and I saw it reflecting in hers. 
    "Why—" She didn't get another word out before Sara walked up and grabbed me, pulling me in to kiss her. So I kissed her and practically humped her on the steps, right there in front of Ry hoping it killed her as much as what I had witnessed. 
    I didn't have a clue what I was doing, but Sara was grinding on me like I did. 
    Ryley wasn't in school the next day and I avoided her the day after. Friday, there were a few prom after parties that we intended on going to together, Gage too. Well I ditched them. I knew what party they'd end up at and they did, together, holding hands, probably not expecting me to be there. After choking down five cups of keg beer I found Sara and I took her in a laundry room, letting her do to me what I knew she'd done to my brother, but I couldn't think about it. I had to get through it. I fumbled with my phone, texting Ryley that I needed to talk to her and I was in the kitchen. My friend Pete Kempo had cheered me on as I pulled Sara into the laundry room so I knew when Ryley came looking for me he'd tell her where I was. Sure as shit, Pete came through and Ryley pulled open the door to Sara on her knees in front of me. I thought the pain I'd see on her face would bring me satisfaction. It didn't. It did what it always did, it fucking crushed me. She was fine though, she had my brother, and he apparently had her. 
    They were fine, and obviously they belonged together like I had once thought we did.
     
    RYLEY
    I hadn't really wanted to lose it to Gage, but if I couldn't have Liam, Gage was second best in my eyes. It only made sense for me to lose it to one of them, being that they had meant the world to me since I was five and I trusted both of them with everything. Even after Liam ripped my heart out in my front yard I still cared for him, wanting what was best for him. I still loved him. 
    What hurt the worst, though, was that he didn't even seem to care about me anymore. I knew about him and Sara the day after it happened. I cried so hard I had to go home from school early. I couldn't stand to be at school around them. Everyone knew, everyone knew about Liam and Sara, they knew about me and Gage. Going to Gage's senior prom with him was