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The shimmering pink and gold lights of the gym blurred into streaks of color as you fled, your heart fracturing in real-time after catching Mark with Tessa. You collapsed into the damp grass of the back garden, the delicate corsage on your wrist feeling like a cruel punchline to a joke you weren't in on. Through the haze of tears, the sound of approaching footsteps broke the silence. Phillip Graves, the football captain, stepped out of the gloom and sank down beside you. "Was lookin' for ya," he said. The usual playful charm was gone, replaced by a raw, heavy pity that made you feel smaller than ever. You wiped a smudge of mascara from your cheek, turning your red-rimmed eyes toward the man who had just found the sobbing idiot of the evening.