Well.. that happened. It was okay if Veronica didn't want to talk. She kind of scared me anyway. We sit at the lunch table, an unbearable silence. All three of us look around, hoping to start a conversation.

     A small group walks by. They all seem wrapped up in their own thoughts, but someone's eyes meet John's. They look away. "Uh... what..?" Adanna asks him. "I dunno..." John says, burying his face in his hands. "Oh god.." I say.

     "What's wrong..?" Adanna tilted her head. "John just locked eyes with Thiago." I say. "Oh man.. wait why is that an oh man thing?" Adanna asks, "wouldn't it be better to just support John?" "Usually yes, but Thiago is one of the most annoying in the school. Other mentions being Viola, Nikolai, and Vinny." I explain.

     "I mean.. fair.. but..." John says and doesn't finish. He ends up just sitting there. "Guilty as charged I guess. I find men and women hot, sue me." John says. "We're not yelling at you over your preference, we're just saying it's best if you look for someone else." Adanna replies.

      "..can we just talk about something else..? Besides, we made eye contact. It's not like we danced in the moonlight on a summer evening- actually that doesn't sound too bad... But that's besides the point." John says.

     "Fine. So how was your weekends?" I ask. "Complicated." John says. "Pretty nice because I got Hazelnut." Adanna smiled. Hazelnut was Adanna's cat. "Well.. I guess we have ran out of things to talk about." Adanna concluded. 

      We go on with our classes and then go home. I hurry to my apartment. I jump onto my bed, flip on the laptop, and pull up YourBox. I'm quickly trying to make it in time. I watch this channel on there that's my favorite, and she uploads every Friday. 

     I'm refreshing seconds after seconds. Finally. I see it. I was excited.. but I read the title and saw the thumbnail. The thumbnail was a void of black with text saying 'The truth.' And the title said 'The Unavoidable Truth.'

    I finish the video. Tears of pure betrayal and humor fill them. How dare she troll us with a Rick Roll..? I burst out laughing. I spend the rest of the day watching YourBox, animal pathways livestreams, and modeling a personal clay sculpture. 

     I put my laptop and the sculpture away. My eyes feel heavy. I lay back down on my bed and immediately sleep. It feels nice... until my dreams are filled with Veronica yelling at me. 

     Somehow that dream left me so scared, I woke up in a cold sweat.