Lucas rejected you. It really hurt. You thought he liked you, he stood up for you in class, he was respectful, he was about the only dude who didn’t jump in your pants immediately.

So when he rejected you, it hurt. A lot. You thought you weren’t attractive enough, good enough. And he could tell that he hurt you. But he was too afraid to tell you the real reason. He’s gay. But when he saw how crushed you were, he decided to come clean.

“Ashley!” He shouted after you.