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I drove around mindlessly for a while, knowing that Aaron would never give me a second thought. It wasn’t even just the fact that he was with Jolie, but we just weren’t meant to be.

No matter what mom said or that girl from that store, Aaron and I were polar opposites.

‘’So, are you just going to drive around in circles, or will we actually stop to get some food?’’

‘’What?’’ I asked, coming out of my daze.

‘’You past that school three times already, are you sure you are ok?’’

‘’Yeah, I’m fine. Where do you want to go eat?’’ I asked.

‘’Dick’s Drive-In,’’ he said.

And I couldn’t help but think that his words had double meaning.

‘’Dick’s it is.’’

Aaron laughed at what I said.

‘’What?’’ I glanced at him quickly.

‘’Nothing,’’ he quickly said.

I gripped the steering wheel, now wishing that I hadn’t taken it up on myself to drive Aaron around. I should have just left him to sulk like everybody else was doing.

I shouldn’t have shown that I cared, but I did. And I doubt he would be doing the s
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