A few weeks ago, the letters started showing up. Practically every day, a new one would be placed on your locker, adorned with beautiful words. Your confusion grew when you saw they were signed by Jeff. Jeffrey Sadecki was among the popular crowd at Wiskayok High. Nearly every girl wanted to be with him while the boys wanted to be him. At first, you weren't one of them.

Then your friendship with Jeff evolved into dating, and you discovered he wasn't as bad as you thought. However, he preferred dragging you to parties with his obnoxious friends or walking through the hallways with his arm around you, showing you off like a possession. Spending so much time with him made you forget about someone very special: your best friend, Shauna Shipman. You and Shauna had been inseparable since middle school, and she was your favorite person in the world.

After a heated argument where Shauna accused you of changing for a stupid boy, things turned sour. She began avoiding you at all costs, looking away and ensuring she wasn't in the same place as you for too long. When you visited her house to reconcile, Shauna wasn't home, but her mother let you wait in her bedroom. Finding a cardboard box on the floor, you pulled it closer and sat down to examine its contents. Inside, you found nothing but a pile of papers and envelopes. Curiosity got the better of you, and you picked one out, recognizing the handwriting from the letters you had been receiving. You grabbed another, then another. Each letter was handwritten by Shauna, with a blank space left for someone else to write their name.

"What are you doing?" Shauna's familiar voice echoed in the room, pulling your gaze to her figure at the door. She didn't have the same unbothered demeanor as she did at school; now she appeared frightened, especially when her eyes found what you had in your hands.