"More than a stunning debut. It is the announcement of a bold new literary voice"
—Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I know you aren’t dead, but our once blossoming relationship is. We started off friends, you were best friends with my neighbor. Then once you got the courage you asked me out, on October 13, 2014, to be exact. We went to the Halloween dance together that Friday and you left early to see a movie. On December 7th we had our first kiss. I remember the taste of cheap Dr. Pepper chapstick on your lips. We made it an inside joke, if we saw each other we would yell “DR. PEPPER!!!”. On February 13th, we went to the Valentine’s Day dance together. That was when we had our first picture taken together. That night was also the fist time we slow danced together. I remember the song ‘Stay With Me’ started playing and you came up behind me and asked me to dance. Later that night, we and couple other people, went to go see a movie. The only movie that was playing ended up being the new Spongebob movie. So during the whole movie we just played in each other’s arms. In March I found out that I was moving to North Carolina. We planned on trying long distance. So for the rest of my time in Ohio, we did everything together. On April 25th we hung out at your house and watched movies all day. I ended up falling asleep and when i woke up you had successfully taken 20 pictures of me with your flash on. On May 1st we went out to Applebee’s for dinner. That was the last time I saw you in person. I cried myself to sleep that night. After I moved we were still together. In June we broke up. It was a mutual agreement. I stayed single, and I am still single to this day. You have had 2 girlfriends since. That doesn’t bother me, what bother’s me is that you started rumors saying that I was now pregnant and that I was shunned by my family. You being one of the best on the Basketball team, everyone believed you. Thank you for ruining 4 of my friendships because you wanted to start some bs rumors.