"Sorry Marcus," I said anxiously "I didn't want her to do that," I said quickly but he shook his head.
"It's fine, I heard everything," he said dismissively. He flung my shorts at me and I quickly put them on. We began to walk back to our homes.
"You'll find a mate that appreciates you one day" I tried to comfort him.
"Yeah," he said miserably. "I just have a crush on a girl who doesn't know I exist."
I sighed. So much for cheering him up. We walked in silence. We stopped at his house. "Want to come in and play video games?" asked Marcus hopefully.
I considered it and then shook my head. I wanted to go home. I was feeling drained after the day I had. I was on edge as well. Marcus could sense something was wrong with me but hadn't pushed me to tell him. He knew I would tell him when
