Nny kept it simple. When he had met this girl, Danni, in the senior year at high school, they went through a whirlwind love that seemed to never grow dull. But then, things made a turn for the worse.
Danni hated the cheerleading squad. So it was only natural, that while playing a game of Truth of Dare at a party, someone dared her to join. Danni being Danni, she did it.
At a squad meet, a guy came up to her. A good-looking guy. He asked Danni if she'd go out with him. At first, Danni couldn't say anything. Then, after the initial surprise, she said yes.
Danni and Nny were still an item. This would constitute as cheating. But since no other people knew, she expected it to go fine. How wrong she was.
Back to the present. Nny stood there, gawking at the two in a hot teen spot, the Diner. They had just come out of a long French kiss, and also were staring at him.
"Danni…oh my god…Danni!" Nny was disbelief.
"Oh, Nny! I…I…I w-w-was going to tell you, b-b-but…"
Nny straightened up and walked out, with his eyes misty.
"Nny! Please talk to me! I swear, it wasn't what you thought!"
He wouldn't even turn around. He didn't want to hear her lies.
She caught his arm. "Nny, please! I'm moving the day after tomorrow! I'm not going to be in school tomorrow! Won't you please come out of the slump and hear what I've got to say?" Danni was desperate.
"Why should I? How long had this been going on, Danni?" Nny started.
"Oh, but you don't-"
"HOW LONG, DAMMIT?!"
Danni looked at her feet. "Two months."
Nny couldn't even look at her now. He remembered how he used to ask her how long she'd love him, and she'd always answer, "Forever and always."
"Nny, please believe me. I didn't want it to be this way. I don't have an excuse, and even if I did, I wouldn't expect you to accept it." She was talking to his back now. "It was my fault, and I'm sorry. You don't have to accept it, in fact, I don't want you to. I've been too much of a self-absorbed person and didn't think about how you'd feel when I said yes."
Nny blinked away the tears, but he couldn't stop one from rolling invisibly down his cheek. The last bell rang.
"I'll miss you, Nny. Forever and always…"
Nny turned around, but she had already disappeared in the flood of students that had consumed the hallway's empty space.
He tried to call her, but the phone had already been disconnected. He went over to her house, but no one was home. She had disappeared.
