Chapter 4: Confronting

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"Sarah! You look exhausted, hon." Rebecca said, voice full of concern.

"Clem is killing me!" Sarah exclaimed, falling onto the couch.

Clementine was upstairs fast asleep, having stayed up all night, writing Nick's name in her journal.

"What? Rebecca asked, shocked.

"She has a crazy crush on Nick!"

"I figured." And she found it to be pretty amusing.

"She stayed up all night writing about him." Sarah huffed, feeling a bit jealous. Nick was stealing her best friend away. "It's getting annoying." The girl complained.

"It's cute, Sarah. There aren't any guys around that are her age."

"I know that. It's just...weird. She's been acting so...different." Sarah sighed. "We don't even play anymore. Everything's about Nick. Nick "this", Nick "that"."

Sensing Sarah jealously Rebecca spoke. "She'll get over it." Rebecca offered the teen a reassuring smile. "That's the thing about crushes. They don't last forever."

"She wrote him a secret admirer note." Sarah added.

"Did he read it?" Rebecca asked.

"I don't know. He hasn't said anything." She sure wished he would. So Clem's crush would end already.

It was Sarah? He heard her talking to Rebecca. Something about him. He could only grasp a few words out of it, but he was certain he heard his name. That, and something about a crush.

It made sense. Whenever her and Clem were together she'd start giggling and whispering. It had to be her.

He wanted to tell her that she was just a kid, but how the hell was he supposed to do that without breaking the poor kid's heart?

He sighed, telling himself it had to be done.

"Sarah...Can I talk to you?" Nick approached the girl.

"Sure." She grinned, looking him over.

"Let me get straight to the point." Nick started.

"Okay?"

Nick sighed asking, point-blank, "Did you write those notes?"

Her eyebrows pulled together and she tilted her head slightly. "What notes?"

Was she playing dumb? Nick wondered, but answered her question nonetheless. "The...Love letters." He sighed, embarrassed just talking about it.

"What?"

"I heard you talking to Rebecca..." He admitted. "Sarah...I just...You're just a kid, Sarah...I can't-"

"You think I...No! No way! I didn't write those." Sarah said, nose wrinkling in disgust.

"You didn't?"

"No. You're like a brother to me." She answered. Then again that didn't matter. Nick treated Clem as a little sister, but she still ended up falling in 'love' with him. Sarah didn't understand why, though.

"Do you know who did?" Nick asked.

Now was her chance...She could tell him about her friends crush. Let the cat out of the bag and have it all be over with. "I..." She trailed off. She couldn't do that to Clem. "I'm not sure." She lied.

Nick sighed. "Okay. Thanks anyway, I guess."

She felt bad for lying, but she couldn't betray her friend.

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