Phil isn't mad anymore. He brushed the whole thing off because he needed to tell me something.

"I met a boy named Dan, I like him a lot." Phil says to me as he watches me.

He pretends not to notice my black eye and various cuts on my face.

I smile. "Really? I'm so happy for you."

He smiles brightly at me, and pulls me into a hug.

"I just want you to be happy." He says in my ear. I smile sadly into his shoulder.

"Me too."