Mackenzie followed Tatum quietly, mulling over what the red head had said to her. She had always kind of known how Tatum felt about Frankie, but she had hoped that the Valentine’s day fiasco might have changed her mind slightly. It just kind of hurt to hear her say it out loud. Mackenzie wasn’t used to this kind of attachment, she was always the one that broke hearts. It was easier that way, she couldn’t get hurt if she didn’t let feelings get involved.

She really didn’t want to face the fact that Tatum was describing everything she felt, because it scared the shit out of her to think that she may have fallen for her best friend. Tatum had always been there since she had started at the upper academy, and vice versa. She really wanted to tell Tatum that she wanted to be the one who made her feel that way and not Frankie. That would only ruin everything though, and Mackenzie wasn’t really sure she wanted to face those feelings. It was better just to shove them into the back of her mind and ignore them. That way it wouldn’t hurt when Tatum still picked Frankie, because she knew she always would. She stopped walking suddenly, grabbing Tatum’s sleeve to stop her.

“I don’t know why you’d think that a girl wouldn’t want to date you Tatum,” She said quietly, looking at the ground. “You’re beautiful, smart, funny; there’s like a whole list of awesome things that could describe you. You’re like, perfect.” It was like word vomit coming out of her mouth, she wasn’t sure what had possessed her to say it but now that she had she couldn’t stop. “Don’t sell yourself short, okay?” She finished weakly. God she was in trouble now, there was no way to back peddle from that. She just hoped that Tatum didn’t catch on to what was really going on.

She let go of Tatum’s sleeve and crossed her arms over her chest, looking up at the school buildings that rested a few yards away. Now that things were incredibly awkward she just wanted to crawl in a hole and die. Or go rough house with Hunter or something. But she still had offered to let Tatum stay with her and it would look extremely suspicious if she just ditched her after all of that.

“So,” She said awkwardly, rocking back and forth on her feet. “How about those Dev videos?”