You weren’t stupid. You knew Soda was never really over how Sandy crushed him after leaving to Florida with her grandma, pregnant with some other dudes kid. You saw the way he looked at you, sure, his eyes were full of love. But you knew, you just knew, he wasn’t looking at you. He was looking at your face, sure, but all he saw was Sandy.

And that hurt.

You and Sodapop Curtis had been dating for about 4 months, and you noticed changes in his attitude a lot. He would slip up and call you ‘Sandy’ sometimes, and he would mumble when he slept, Sandy’s name, and he even kept the letter that Sandy sent back without even opening it.