Dear Veronica,

I was seeing Laura's profile today and suddenly, William came barging in. I nearly got a fucking heart attack. William and I share a room. Ben sleeps with Mom and Dad. He's such a kid.

"I'm going to the market. Mum asked you to come with me."

I groaned. "Get your ass out, quick. We have a huge list."

I put on a brown coat, and ignored the rest of my appearance. I was, after all in clean jeans and a plain shirt. It's okay. No one from school comes anyway. And if they do, I have my ways to hide. I'm good at it. Comes real handy in emergencies.

While going out, I shoot a glance at Mom, who was watching TV. I put a helpless puppy face, and she raises an eyebrow, and I know better than pleading her more.

The drive to the market is quiet, other than the radio playing songs. For once, they were good.

"Split the list in half." William instructs and I nod. There were... holy shit... 30 items in total? Fortunately they were numbered. I made sure William got the half which had the sanitary napkins.

"Here." I mumbled, giving the list. He eyed me and instructed, "Read my half of the list."

I read everything but sanitary napkins. I would be screwed.

"Wait, that's only 14." He said. I didn't realize he was counting on his fingers. Bastard. "Did you miss one?"

"Yeah, sorry," I quipped, "Napkins."

"Why would Mom need napkins? Doesn't she have a stash already?" he mumbled as we pulled into the parking lot.

Thank god.

"You have your half right?" I nodded. "Meet me at 11:30 at the Chocolates aisle. Okay?"

I nodded and headed towards my first item. Half an hour later, I'm done. I wait in the chocolate section.

5 minutes...

10 minutes...

In the 14th minute, William comes running. What the –

"Shit, holy fucking shit, she's here!" he gasps.

"Who?"

He realizes he's hiding behind me, and makes a disgusted face. "No one."

I look at where he ran from and then I see a tall, black haired girl, who's wearing a mid-length dress.

William's cheeks are pink.

"You like her?" I ask. I don't need an answer. "Shouldn't she already be off to college though?"

"She's taking an year off, like me."

"Is that why you're taking an year off as well? For her?"

"Of course not, keep your mouth shut, dumbass." He says and I snickered whilst he peeked out from the aisle at her.

"She's so beautiful," he mumbled and I smiled.

"What's her name?"

"Didn't I tell you to shut up?"

"But I'm just asking for her na-"

"Shut up!"

"I'm only asking her nam- "

He whacks me on the head and I groan. "Fucker."

When the coast is clear, we sit on a bench. He tells me her name – Michelle.

He's liked her since a few months and they are close, although he knows she likes someone else. I wonder if this was what affected him last year. We watch a horror movie after that, even though the next day was a Monday, and I had homework to do. It was a long time since we'd bonded so well, so I ignored homework. I could always copy from Robin the next day.

William telling me a secret is big, but I know if I mess up, my secrets will be out within no time.

It's funny, cause it's the first time Will has told me something that personal. He's usually a person who keeps stuff like that to himself. I mean, we all do, but I hardly know anything about his school or his personal preferences.

We are so near, yet we're so far. It's fucked up, our relationship. :/

Sigh.