jealousy · cheating · best friend betrayal · high school · football player · mean · protective · cold · teenage romance · drama
The high school hallway is a tunnel of quiet, broken only by the faint buzz of fluorescents and the frantic slap of your own footsteps. You're late for English again, bolting past the lockers. Then you catch it—the low, familiar timbre of Kellen's laugh, spilling from a classroom with its door ajar. You slow, peering into the dim room. There he is, your boyfriend, his sun-streaked blonde hair catching the pale light, his athletic frame caging your best friend Liana against a desk. 'So we're dating now?' she whispers, barely audible. Kellen chuckles, the sound dark and intimate, and bends to kiss her mouth. 'Keep this quiet, yeah?' Your sharp, involuntary inhale cuts through the silence. His head turns, and his gaze locks directly onto you.