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sitting at a small table for two ending her phone call. “My mom is on her way.”
    “Did she get mad that we are nowhere close to the mall?”
    “No, I told her I would fill her in later.” Alissa had a relationship with her parents that I envied. They trusted her and she had managed not to lose that trust. They had always supported her as well as her older brother, even when he decided to join the Army. They all sat down together for Sunday dinner and shared stories about their week. I couldn't remember the last time my mom and I sat down for a full meal together.
    I finally had the nerve to look up at Alissa. She gave me half a smile and I could tell she was trying to find the right words. Finally she said, “So, I guess we won't be double-dating any time soon unless you want me to hook you up with one of Matt's friends?” I let out a nervous laugh, “Um, no. I don't think so.” She smiled and said, “You know, no one will even remember this in like a week, right?” She almost sounded convincing, but we both knew better. This stunt would follow me through the rest of my high school career.
    Alissa's phone beeped after fifteen minutes of uncomfortable silence to let us know her mom was outside. I climbed into the back seat keeping my head down so her mom wouldn't see my broken expression.
    “So, did you girls have fun?” Her mom always sounded happy.
    “Oh, you know, just another drama-filled day in the lives of high schoolers!” Alissa tried to match her mom’s happy tone but it came out really sarcastic.
    Taking her cue not to ask any more questions, her mom turned up the radio and hummed to the music the rest of the ride back to my place.
    “Thank you so much for the ride, Mrs. Sullivan. I really appreciate it and hope we didn't pull you away from anything important.” I always tried to be polite even though she always told me to call her mom.
    “You two pulled me away from my fictional book boyfriend but don't worry, he isn't going anywhere.” Alissa got her boy craziness from her mom. I just smiled.
    “Hey, Mom, I'm going to hang out here until Kitty Kat’s mom gets home from work if that's okay?”
    “Sure sweetheart, just text me when you're ready to come home. Oh, and thanks for texting me when you got to the mall safely,” she said sarcastically because Alissa always forgot.
    “Sorry,” we both said in unison.
    She just rolled her eyes. “Bye, ladies!” We both waved as she pulled away.
    I felt better walking into my room until I saw my laptop. I stared at it and held myself back from throwing it out the window. Anger was setting in and I felt a panicky need to erase all things Robert Stratton.
    “I'll make some coffee. You write down all the authors you follow so we can re-friend them on your new Facebook account.” Alissa freaked me out sometimes the way she could read my mind.
    A couple of minutes later, Alissa returned with two coffee cups and a half-eaten bag of chocolate kisses. I was still staring at my laptop scared to log in for fear of seeing some of the pictures taken of me at the mall. Alissa grabbed my laptop and sat down on the floor, motioning for me to sit down next to her. She opened it up and began reading off names of authors. I wrote them all down. After that she made some clicks, turned my laptop towards me and made me watch her click confirm to delete.
    “Okay, time for a fresh start.” I just nodded in agreement but felt the tears wanting to fall because despite the treachery it had ended up being, I would miss the fake guy who’d become a very real friend to me. That got me thinking. “Who do you think that was in those pictures?”
    “Who cares? I always thought you could do so much better, but I didn't say anything.” I rolled my eyes at her because I recalled her calling him a hottie at least once.
    “I’m assuming we’re going to use a fake name?” Alissa looked at me for confirmation.
    “Yes, and it needs to be Kat Bing.” I smiled thinking about