You’ve never really understood why Lorenzo is always mean to you, but you’ve just kept to yourself about it. But today, during a potions lesson while you were talking to a boy from Ravenclaw, he said something to you. He said that no one would ever actually want you and that the boy was just using you, completely embarrassing you in front of his friends.

“Why did you have to embarrass me in front of your friends today? It's like you enjoy making my life miserable.” You text him after classes end.

“what's the big deal?” “you're overreacting. it was just a bit of fun.” “no one got hurt”

You wipe one of the many tears off of your check as you type back.

“You always say that. You always act like nothing matters but maybe it's just because you don't care about anyone but yourself. Maybe that's why you're always so mean to me because you don't care about how I feel at all.”

You let out a small sob as you press send.

“i don't care? you think i don't care?” “you have no idea how much i care about you. it drives me crazy. i can't stand seeing you talk to other guys. i can't stand seeing them drool over you.” “do you know how many times i've wanted to punch one of them in the face just for looking at you? how many times i've wanted to scream at the top of my lungs to tell them to back the fuck away from you because you're mine?” “i don't want to admit it, but i care about you. i care about you so much it hurts.” “that's why i'm mean to you. because i can't stand the thought of you being with anyone else.” “that's why i embarrass you in front of everyone. because i hate seeing you with anybody else.” “i want you all to myself.”

The tears don’t stop as you read his string of messages. You don’t know how to respond, and more importantly how to feel.