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changes in my life, and one of those is Hadley. If you can’t hang with me because of her, then go find a new best friend. I didn’t realize what we had was so fragile that my falling for a band geek would be enough to destroy it.”
    Whoa! Did I just say I was falling for a band geek? What. The. Fuck. I mean, yeah, I liked Hadley and had for a while, but falling for her? Where the hell had that come from?
    “Does she know you’ve totally flipped for her?” Colin asked.
    “No, and I’m not ready to tell her yet.” Hell, I wasn’t ready to tell myself that. “She knows I’m into her and that I’m serious, but I don’t think she realizes how serious.”
    “For the record, I don’t agree with your decision to date beneath you. Out of all the girls in school, why did it have to be that one?”
    “I think if you got to know Hadley, you’d be able to answer that yourself. She’s different, Colin. She makes good grades; she’s talented, and she’s probably the sweetest girl I’ve ever met.” Except for when she was puffing up at me with narrowed eyes and a few sharp words. “Hadley is unique. The other girls are all alike.”
    “Don’t come crying to me when this blows up in your face.”
    “Everything is going to be fine.”
    At least, that’s what I told myself as I hung up the phone, but really I wasn’t one hundred percent sure. There was Alicia to deal with, and Hadley was still being tormented by Hunter. I’d like to think my presence would deter him from bothering her, but for all I knew, it would have the opposite effect and he’d come after her even more now. As for the psycho in my life, I knew it was only a matter of time before she would strike. She’d never come after me, but Hadley would be fair game to her. Talking to Alicia never did any good, but if she caused too much trouble, I’d have to report her to the school. It had been funny when she’d tormented the others, but I wasn’t about to let anyone hurt Hadley in any way.
    My phone dinged and I read Robert’s message. The band geek?
    Yeah, so Hadley was a band geek. Why was everyone hung up on that? It wasn’t like it determined who she was. She played the flute, and from what I remembered, she did it rather well. Did that somehow make her less of a person than one of the girls on the cheer squad? In my eyes it didn’t, and it never had. No, we hadn’t travelled in the same social circle, not even when she’d dated Hunter, but I would have gladly given up everything in my life for a chance to be with her. Now I had that opportunity, and I wasn’t going to let it pass me by. I just had to find a way to take this fake romance and make it into the real deal.
    Me: She’s more than a band geek
    Robert: She’s kinda hot
    Me: Don’t even think of flirting with my girlfriend
    Robert: LOL it’s been one day and she’s your gf already?
    Me: Sometimes you just know
    Robert: Then she’s okay by me. Alicia is going to be pissed
    Me: Help me keep an eye on Hadley?
    Robert: You got it. When do I get to meet her?
    Me: Tomorrow morning at her locker
    I didn’t hear from Robert again, but I assumed we’d see him in the morning. It was nice to have the support of at least one of my friends. Who knew the guys I hung out with were such jerks? I shouldn’t have been surprised by Colin’s comments, but I was hurt he thought so little of our friendship that he wouldn’t even give Hadley a chance. I’d been friends with Colin and Robert since grade school, but it seemed that didn’t mean very much to Colin.
    I set my phone aside and stripped down to my boxers. There was an essay I should probably have worked on, but I still had a few days. The same assignment had been given to Hadley’s class, so maybe she’d want to study together one night this week, and we could write them together. I’d never done homework with a girl before. Not really. I’d said I was doing homework, but we’d ended up making out the entire time. If Hadley