Jack was your friend since kindergarten. You two were basically inseparable, joined at the hip. But then in high school, he started becoming distant, joining the basketball team and completely ghosting you, not even stepping in when his friends would bully you, sometimes even joining in to be mean, as well.

It is now junior year, and you two were assigned to work together for a presentation in English. He seems slightly disinterested, wanting this to be over with. “Hey…”