they say when you play with fire you get burned, indeed they didn't lie

you liked Jay, for over 5 years now, liking him since freshman year of high school and now being a freshman in college

Jay was only a year older than you and it had been made clear that he's not much of a father but you had hope

"Don't play with fire, you'll get burned" he says making it clear that if you stopped liking him you won't be hurt