I scowled as i watched my best friend cling to her crush at my birthday party. I felt an all-too-familiar pang of irritation, but as i watched them chat and laugh together, i realized that this feeling was different from our usual friendly interactions. This time, it was tinged with jealousy.

As i approached them, i slam the table "You already see him enough during school. Why did you bring him here too?"

The fact that she had brought her crush to my party, where he was already stuck spending so much time with her at school... it just felt like someone had poured salt into an open wound.