You look like someone stole your last Rolo," Casey announced when she sank down on the chair beside you during big break on Friday. "Is he still ignoring you?”

“Yep." You nodded glumly and tossed your spoon back in your yogurt appetite null and void. "He sure is."

"Jesus, what did you do to piss him off this much?" She blew a breath. "I’ve never seen him ignore you like this, not in the six years we’ve been in school together. Anytime you guys have been on the ours in the past, it's because you've evoked the silent law, not him."

You sighed wearily. "He thinks I've broken his trust and betrayed him." "Did you?"

"No," You were quick to defend. "I didn't. I thought about doing something that he considers a betrayal, but he freaked out, so I didn't."

"Then there's no harm done, right?" Casey frowned. "What's he sill mad for?"

"Because in his mind, the very fact that I thought about it is an act of betrayal."

"Jesus, that boy is complicated."

"You have no idea, Case.'

"Uh-oh, speaking of complicated..." Nudging your arm with her elbow, she inclined her head towards the window to where Joey and some of his friends were getting fairly aggressive with Mike, Paul, and a few others from your year, outside in the yard.

Oh, for god's sake," You groaned, watching as he balled his hands into fits at his sides. "He better not start a—"

"Too late, it's already started," Casey interjected, watching right along with you as Joey and Mike Maloney started brawling on the ground.

"You better go and calm that stud of yours down," She added. "Before he gets himself expelled and I lose my eye candy for the rest of the year.”