I thought I understood love. I dated, I lied, I played with hearts and never cared.

Until the one girl I had known for years finally became a part of my life and then rejected me.

She did not reject me because she did not know me. She rejected me because she knew me too well.

Now my past is catching up to me. My reputation is broken and the person I truly loved is gone.

Can someone like me really change or is it already too late

I don't know how to explain it except to say — I became a different person. All my real friends were in B section. Being around people who actually knew me did something. The shyness I'd carried my whole life just... lifted. I started talking to everyone. I made people laugh. I became someone people wanted to be around.


Yeah. At the same time. I'm not proud of it. All my friends knew. Even at tuition, word traveled. I didn't care then — or I told myself I didn't. I thought I was just looking for the right person.


And through all of this, she was at tuition, watching. She started laughing at my jokes sometimes. We talked more. I felt good when I made her smile.


Chapter 4 - The Boy Who Finally Woke Up