“I’ll never do that,” Kayla said to me after she had shared the latest gossip. Allegedly, our classmate Jenna had let her boyfriend give her a facial, and definitely not the kind of facial that’s done at a fancy salon or day spa. To make matters worse, her boyfriend took pictures and may or may not have shown them to all of his friends. Probably her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend. “Me neither,” I agreed before we went our separa...

I couldn’t believe he was only eighteen. He didn’t look like it. If I hadn’t known that he was a senior in high school, I would’ve guessed he was older. Before he arrived at the party, my roommate’s boyfriend labeled him as the star recruit. “If we get him on the team next year, we’ll be in a bowl game for sure,” he said. “Maybe even a major one. Have you seen him play?” I’d never seen Jordan play, but I’d seen his pictur...

“What did you do today?” he asked to start off our conversation that night in question. “Not much,” I responded, trying to hide my excitement about chatting with him again. “I was supposed to go see one of my friends, but my car didn’t start.” Maybe I was more into him than he was into me. We met online via a social network that was popular at the time. It was our first time hanging out in person, and he was driving me to...