That was that then. She couldn't go more than a month without a major argument or have a year where she wasn't speaking to one of her friends.

Maybe she was a terrible friend after all.

As soon as she'd turned the corner away from Sisse, she'd sprinted outside, tears streaming down her cheeks as she looked for somewhere to hide. It had crossed her mind to go back and find Cameron, but it was unlikely he was still in the classroom by then. She'd found shelter in the corner of the courtyard behind a giant oak and slumped down in the roots to cry it out.

Sloane didn't even need to look up to know if was Cam who'd found her and she wasn't sure if she was thankful or thoroughly embarrassed. She settled on glad to have his company if nothing else.

She quieted after a few moments, rubbing her eyes with a tear-stained sleeve before looking over at him. Her hair was mostly blue and she couldn't be bothered to change it back. "She pretty much told me I'm an awful friend because I didn't tell her about how I felt about you or about us." No matter that it was literally the only secret she'd ever kept from her friends. "I never told anyone until I told you. I didn't think it was anyone else's business but ours." She still felt that way, even if Sisse had succeeded in making her feeling guilty about it.

"Maybe she's right, I can't go more than a month without an argument with someone I care about or a year without someone not speaking to me." She sniffled and put her head back down on her forearms as a fresh wave of tears threatened to take over again.