"What happened?" whispered Sara as Beatriz settled into her chair."Oh, nothing. Just putting a boy in his place," she replied. Her phone chirped. She ...etrieved it from her bag and squinted at the display. The week had been hectic and caused Thursday to sneak up on her. Jane's party started in thirty minutes. Beatriz emptied her drink, said her goodbyes, and slipped through the crowd on her way to the exit."You came! And you're on time!" cried Jane as she greeted Beatriz at the door. They. You said I was your rock and your best friend and you said you care about me,” she said in rapid succession.She turned away in obvious pain again. I reached out for her, but she stepped out of my grasp.“I just got selfish...” she said quietly. “I got selfish. Please forgive me.”“Shelby, I feel like the selfish one if this is a one-way best friendship.”“It’s not,” she said, her arms around herself, still facing away from me. “I’m sorry for what I said. I didn’t mean it.”“Shelby, I...”“I don’t. " I said. We talked for a short time more, agreeing to call each other if we thought things were getting out of hand.That weekend everything went fine the first night. I was able to keep my mind off the two girl and they both decided to hit the hay early, which had I thought about, would have found it strange, but I was so wrapped up in trying not to look at them, in trying not to think about what the two of them had done, I missed it. I watched TV until 11:00PM then headed to bed. As I was. I also ran over to the bank before it closed to get some money.When I returned, she was still in the shower. I told her I was back and she was probably expecting me to barge into the bathroom like her step-dad did. I just reached in and set the robe on the sink. I told her, “I got something for you”. I guessed at the size…but I was guessing she was about 5’ 5” and maybe 100 lbs.I had gotten a room with 2 king beds. I let her pick the one she wanted. I could tell she was still pretty tense – not.