Since sophomore year, I had been their friend. I like to think of myself as lucky to be accepted into their little circle, but I sometimes found myself…isolated. Like they had a secrete among our group, that only I had yet to learn.

I was closest to Reid and Tyler. With me being the youngest in the group, we were closer in age. Caleb and Pogue were like brothers to me. They were always waiting for the first signs of danger. Out of all of them, Tyler was my best friend. He was the one I could confide in and talk to, no matter what was going on. Reid…Reid was hard to place in a single category. He was a friend and an annoyance. He made me laugh, cry and scream all at the same time…but I guess that's why I fell in love with him.

Of course only Tyler knew about this little…feeling. He had even tried getting me to admit my feelings to Reid, but I had refused. The reason? Simply put, Reid Garwin did not fall for girls like me. He went for the beautiful blond with flawless skin and the perfect body. Not for the mousy little bookworm, who was pale skinned and nowhere near the size zero models that were usually seen hanging off his arm.

But none of that mattered. As long as I could be with him, as his friend, I would make do with what I had.